“If I Could Be Anything“
by Adena M’lynn Spoken Word If I could be anything today— anything at all— I wouldn’t be a crown or a mountain or the ocean crashing its greatness against the shore. No. I’d be wind chimes. The quiet kind— the kind you only notice when you’ve slowed down enough to feel the air touching you. I’d hang somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow, where sunlight spills itself over chipped paint, where shadows lean long across the porch, and nothing is in a hurry. I would dance with the breeze— sometimes soft as a sigh, sometimes fierce as a memory that refuses to loosen its grip. Every song I’d play would be stitched from things the world forgets to notice the first warm breath of spring, the hush before rain, the moment someone you love calls your name like it’s home. And maybe, if you passed by on one of your harder days, you’d hear me, and for a heartbeat you’d believe that life still has music— even when your own voice feels too tired to sing. If I could be anything today, I’d be wind chi...