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My Promise
I cannot give you normal, Sweet girl, It is not written in our DNA. I cannot give you perfection, Firecracker, It does not exist. I cannot give you siblings, One and only, I am aware of my own...
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Adventure
A decision we made, Bundle up and let’s brave, The ice planet of Hoth. Snow crystals kissing our face, Tongues out checking the taste, Slight hint of mint muddled water. We left our hearts and our...
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Premeditation (Solitude)
“In my solitude I’ve seen very clearly things that aren’t so.” — Antonio Machado I’ve noticed My daughter’s nighttime wrestle With solitude Mirrors my own. Alone in the dark, in bed That is when terror...
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Good Enough
I do not dress my daughter In designer name brand clothes But fairy, Viking, Medusa, cat I’ve let her dress as all of those I do not get up early To fix her breakfast full and warm But we do clink our...
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Tiny Dragon
Tiny dragon On the floor When stepped on It is I who roars My fire out I simply pout And leave you Lazy like before – April Resnick Tiny Dragon found here:...
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Wrecked
My daughter witnessed death today Only a lowly squirrel But, the thump, the crack, the randomness Sent wild her little world She screamed and sobbed and shook a bit Tried an escape inside my arms But...
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Unruly
I want To be unruly Unkempt and unyielding Like my daughter’s hair Each morning A mess of matted tendrils From tossing and sweating Fighting with fevered dreams Irreconcilable scenes Unable to be put...
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Honest Word
My child is not the “best thing I have ever done” she is not finished nor am I and to declare that as fact is a sappy fairytale an empty delusion at best And a reduction of me and my highest possible...
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Good Enough
I do not dress my daughter In designer name brand clothes But fairy, Viking, Medusa, cat I’ve let her dress as all of those I do not get up early To fix her breakfast full and warm But we do clink our...
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Tiny Dragon
Tiny dragon On the floor When stepped on It is I who roars My fire out I simply pout And leave you Lazy like before — April Resnick Tiny Dragon found here:...
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Honest Word
My child is not the “best thing I have ever done” He is not finished nor am I and to declare that as fact is a sappy fairytale an empty delusion at best And a reduction of me and my highest possible...
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Broken
I carried Your “new” love On my back For years Without knowing Except I knew I was Raising our child Loving you And our home Mostly alone While you Erratically Erotically Traveled, and roomed, And rode...
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