In Your Orbit – A Poem

* For Cait who is awesome

I knew that you were a kindred spirit
from the moment that I met you. 
You carry a light that shines from within.

It’s grown brighter since I’ve known you. 
I’ve had the joy of watching you change 
from a spark into a star that is so brilliant, 
everyone who has been in your orbit 
has felt the pull of the stars. 

You have made me question everything 

that I thought I knew and because of you, 

I have been able to find my way 

through the cosmos. 

Your light heals those

who drift through the orbit of your life

and we are left changed by you. 

Anyone with the heart of a warrior

would recognize themselves in your gaze.

You have taught me to honour

the journey of myself,

turning over each rock in my path

to find the mirror underneath.

I am forever grateful

for what the stars have taught me

and I am so thankful to be

in your orbit.