the universe worked for billions of years
to create you.

whole stars lived and died for you to exist.
they sacrificed themselves
so that you could rise
from their ashes.

their dust is in your bones,
their light in your thoughts.

you see beauty
where they could only shine.
you feel warmth
where they could only burn.

what a miracle you are,
you living, breathing thing.

you have a place in this universe;

you were meant to see,
to feel,
to know,
to love.

you were meant to be here.

- xan oku