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Hobbes's avatar

I have reached the end

Living has smeared me thin.

And I can’t keep from breaking anymore.

I want to be where you are.

Unbroken. Whole.

Running through your meadow

As the sunbeams grow

But dying smeared you, too.

Tiny sparks raining from a tissue

Of light. Dispersed in the darkness

Until they can’t be seen.

Solute in the solution

Of oblivion.

I will carry you until I go.

Then these words will catch the faintest glow

Paint your silhouette from the shadows

When someone sees you here, you aren’t gone

And I can bear being alone

Until my sparks sputter as the darkness comes.

And nothing and I become one.

(This is as close as I get to hope.)

Amber Tamblyn's avatar

Beautiful. ♥️

Kristen's avatar

Happy birthday from a fellow 1983 baby!

Jean's avatar

PS for me, it has to be pie.

Jean's avatar

Happy birthday! My daughter is a couple of years older than you are and that photo of you at 7 looks a lot like her. I'm closing in on mid 70's and my birthday has always been special to me, as are all my loved ones'. Because my birthday is the first of a month, I celebrate all month. I don't understand when some would rather forget about their birthday...to each their own, I guess.

Amber Tamblyn's avatar

Love this!

Sam's avatar
2dEdited

Happy Birthday, Amber! Excited to celebrate with you and David tomorrow.

I remember the wish I had at 10 that came true 11 months later and also inexplicably came true again when I was 35, and it's to see the Braves win it all.

Amber Tamblyn's avatar

!!!

Love this!

Ellen Mathia's avatar

Happy birthday to a smart, sensitive, bold, wildly creative, accomplished and inspiring young (to me!) woman who is an example of optimizing life at every age. Keep going, Amber, and don’t let any discouragement or setbacks (and there will be) keep you down. You give me enormous hope for the future, in too many ways to recite.

And hail to the older woman publishing a book! I’m right behind you in age and ambition.

Amber Tamblyn's avatar

🎂🎂♥️♥️🥰🥰🥰

Ginni Simpson's avatar

Happy Birthday, Amber. 🎂🎂🎂

Kate Farrell's avatar

Happy Birthday! My audacious wish is that the book I've written at age 84, to be released Jan 2027, will make a difference in the world: The Fairy Tale Heroine! May her ancient stories guide us.

Donna LaFlamme's avatar

Wishing that your wish comes true! Wonderful to wish a dream come true that you’ve created at 84. This is a dream inspiration! You are a dream inspirer!

Kate Farrell's avatar

Thank you, Donna! You bring tears to my eyes. xo

Amber Tamblyn's avatar

I love this Kate!!! May it be so!

Kate Farrell's avatar

Thank you, Amber!!

Karen S's avatar

Pre-birthday love to you - so lovely!!🥰

Amber Tamblyn's avatar

❤️🫶🏻