Sea Glass

I want to age like sea glass.

Smoothed by the tides

but not broken.

I want my hard edges to soften.

I want to ride the waves

and go with the flow.

I want to catch a wave and let it carry me

to where I belong.

I want to be picked up 

and held gently by

those who delight in my well earned patina and

and appreciate the changes I went

through to achieve that beauty.

I want to enjoy the journey 

and always remember that if

you give the ocean, 

or life, 

something breakable, 

it will turn into

something beautiful.

I want to age like sea glass