For Layomi, On Her 21st

Layomi, Today, the earth celebrates 21 years of your quiet light. You move gently through this world, a melody hidden in the silence, your eyes holding galaxies too vast to describe, your voice, a thread of heaven’s song, woven into the tapestry of this moment. You are beauty that whispers, a presence that doesn’t demand but transforms. The softness of your words carries the weight of wisdom, and your quiet is louder than the noise around you. You remind me of myself, a mirror I never expected to find. We are reflections in an ocean of faces, introverts finding shelter in stillness, building worlds in the space between breaths. As you stand at the threshold of 21, I pray the weight of this age becomes a blessing, not a burden. May you walk in the fullness of who you are, discovering that quiet voices often speak the loudest truths. May your song never be stifled, your beauty never underestimated, and your spirit always at peace. Happy birthday, Layomi. In you, the world has been gifted more than it will ever know.