my dear, happy belated but also happy continuation. if birthdays are a celebration of the anniversary of you becoming, then it is also the celebration of you continuing. and i must say, you, in continuation is such a blessing. 

i feel so honored to witness, participate, champion, and contribute to all your many becomings. the being that you are amazes me!

I am in awe. of you, your poetry, your depth of love, feeling and want; of your history, your lineage, the many timescales that live within you; of your imagination and you knowledges, the cosmologies past, present and future that you are remembering, enacting and recreating; of your friendship, your joy, your ability to play and frolic, to be with whimsy.

you are so radiant in all your magic. 

I miss you and wish I could squeeze you tight and play with you in celebration. but from here i am honoring all that you are and all you make possible in me through friendship and compiled some images that remind me of you or feel like echoes of our friendship! i hope this is a scroll that can bring you joy~~

big love! 

raya