My love,
Do you ever dream of candy-coated raindrops?
Drops that start sweet, glistening with youth,
But melt away as the sun of wisdom rises,
Leaving the raw, rich soil of experience.

Have you ever loved someone so much
You gave all you had, only to find
That love was more than just giving—
It was learning when to hold on
And when to let go.
The candy fades, but the rain,
It nourishes the roots,
Deepening the wisdom in the soil of our lives.

My love, did you ever dream
That life could be so right?
That growing into your own
Means letting go of half-formed dreams,
Of immature concepts,
Of processes that no longer serve?
We shed them like candy-coated shells,
And what's left is true,
What's left is you.

The journey from youth to elder-ship,
From candy-coated dreams
To the deep, abiding rain of wisdom,
Is a path lined with tensions,
With the sharp contrasts of black life.
We are the sum of our tensions,
The push and pull, the joy and pain,
The love that heals and the hurt that teaches.

Candy drips away,
Leaving us with the rain—
Not the easy, sugary sweetness,
But the deep, life-giving waters
That wash away the illusions
And leave us with the truth.

My love,
Do you ever dream of candy-coated raindrops?
Knowing that they are only the beginning,
That what remains after the sweetness
Is the strength to grow,
To let go,
To move forward
Into the fullness of life,
Into the wisdom that we carry
As we become elders,
As we find our place
In the ever-turning cycle
Of love, life, and the lessons that rain down on us.

🖤

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