Melissa Ann Goodwin

Melissa Ann Goodwin

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Day Sixteen


Monument Valley 
September 2017



It can seem 

like nothing is

happening,

the changes you

long for

never arriving

but then,

suddenly,

you are

on the move 

and you don't 

even know

how it happened.




Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Day Fifteen



Fort Pickens Beach, Pensacola, Florida


When I was young

I had a friend - 

a best friend - 

which is something

much more than

just a friend,

because we shared

the best of who

we were and 

who we

might become


 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Day Fourteen



Old Silver Beach, Falmouth, Massachusetts, November 2025


Do you worry

that you missed the tide

that would have made 

your life the way 

it was supposed to be

and now all is lost 

because once the tide has 

gone it will never 

come again?


Go to the sea

and watch the tide

roll in

and out

and again

and again

and again


You are not meant

to ride every wave

and you can't know

which wave is the 

one that lifts you up

or the one that knocks you

down


but the tide 

keeps sending

you waves

and any time you like

you can simply 

choose to

dive in

and ride