I want you to remember

how old this world is.

I want you to think of

all the times you could

have been born.

In the caves.

Moss and dirt and spears.

Amidst the gods and the demigods.

The time of planets rotating

around the earth.

During the building of the pyramids.

Hidden passages and large sphinxes.

A hundred other decades / a

thousand other years / a

million other moments.

But despite everything, we

were born at the same time.

We exist now, together –

in the same place,

breathing the same air.

This is a formal thank you

to the universe for allowing

your birth to be the biggest

miracle of my life.

For letting you and I

walk this earth at the same time.