welcome, june, my namesake and my friend

a whisper of a wish from me to you

Welcome, June, my namesake and my friend. Oh, how I’ve missed your sunny embrace and the vibrance with which you color the world.

The birds sing louder, the grass grows taller, the light lingers longer as the earth rejoices in your arrival, at last.

I bow to your presence, your perfume potent as I devour lungfuls of your sweet air.

I forgot what it was to breathe deeply.

June, she'll change her tune
In restless walks she'll prowl the night

— Simon & Garfunkel

I ask for nothing of you, June. But I offer myself. Ripe and raw, I stand before you with surrender in my heart and peace in my bones.

I am a rose awaiting bloom at your gentle hand.

Nurture my spirit and awaken my senses. I am yours to mold.

Shape me with your soft breeze and bake me in your sun.

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The winter was a revolution.

I shattered self. I prayed at unconventional altars. I stared beyond appearance, turning mirrors into windows, and gazed lovingly upon my own soul. I took the hand of my inner child, who waited patiently for me to arrive on hand and on knee and on apologies long overdue.

Spring was a transformation.

I weeded long, untended gardens so that they might one day flourish anew. I discovered new colors in my pursuit of wisdom & clarity. I unburied deep wounds and taught them how to breathe again. I became the caretaker of my own heart, and found it a thankless job, relentlessly humbling, but a dream just the same.

Summer will be a surrender.

No expectation laden my thoughts for what this summer will be. I know you have much to teach me in our brief time together, sweet June. I am your ready disciple. I trust that you will bestow upon me all that I am ready to receive, and show me all that I still have yet to work for.

And for you all, as you step into the light of a new season, may you find surrender. Let go of expectation, let go of the past, let go of the future, for this moment here is the only one you ever get.

Indulge in its sweetness until rich flavor saturates every taste bud.

Lie still on the earth until its abundant life grows within your every cell.

Smile when you look upon yourself in mirrors or in the eyes of others.

Choose peace over violence.

Choose silence over speech.

And let the music of this beautiful month sing right into your eager heart.

It has so much to tell you.

"And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays;
Whether we look, or whether we listen,
We hear life murmur, or see it glisten."

— James Russel Lowell

anyway, here it is…

-June

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