What’s in the bag?

What’s in the bag?
Shake it for me please…
Is it full of new friends with new stories?
Or something smoky and smooth?

Is it a book with the best of what has been written?
If so, why is it veiled in paper?
Is it someone’s surprise?
A gift that they have always wanted?

I think it is something like a generous smile…
Like the warm fingers of a sunrise…
I believe I will blink at the revelation…
Because it will be big, beautiful, and shiny.

I don’t think it is full of opinions…
If so, it would be empty…
Nor full of judgments…
Because its not leaking from the bottom.

Maybe, I’ll never know what’s inside, and I’ll always wonder…
The question is whether I can move forward in faith…
My heart tells me it is better than whatever was promised…
The stuff of real happiness.

I love you,

Annie