Cheer The Loudest

"Like Every Selfie" by David Gate

Be kind about the names

Your friends give to their children

Praise their haircuts

Love their tattoos

It doesn't really matter

If that's what you would do

Like every selfie

All of them

Clap their songs

Cheer them on

You were born with a limitless

Supply of encouragements

Use every one of them

Don't wait for the eulogies

To speak out loud

That your friends are precious

And they make you feel proud

People are so incredibly precious - each person a rare miracle made of thousands upon thousands of years of stars refined into flesh and bone - impossibly unique swirling galaxies of supernovas and black holes expressed as emotion and thought.

What a wonder you are.

What a wonder we all are.

So let's delight in each other as we would jump for joy at the lucky sight of a shooting star. Let's cherish each other as we would gasp in awe at the dance of the northern lights.

People are so incredibly precious - let's celebrate this loudly and lovingly.