[204]  Becoming Human

When the hum of traffic

sounds like ocean waves

curling up to shore,

when the birds

sing sweet familiar songs

against the backdrop

of it all,

and the sun peeps out

from behind endless clouds

finding its way through a tiny crevice

in your sturdy drawn shades,

and the door that squeaked

just doesn't anymore,

is when a certain stillness

has captured your mind

and opened your heart

to the possibility

of calm in the storm.

you are not behind,

you are not off path,

rather, in the process

of becoming human,

becoming whole.