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For my daughter
little one,
i want to hold you close and save you
from this world
from the boy whose kiss will take the light
from your eyes
from the boy whose eyes
will bring it back
blue is just a color
like the sky
no deeper
than the ocean
it is not a promise
or a revelation
i want to give you the Truth
and keep you from It
because all Truths come in pairs
and your hands are small
i will tell you stories
about the summer i turned 15
and the summer i turned 16
and stories that even i don’t know
i will tell you things about your father
that are true
and some that are not
i will love you so tight
and hold you so much
until they teach you not to ask me questions
for which i have no answer
because your world is different
than the one i grew up in
but people are the same
innocence is a made up word
with no meaning
and so is love
all words were made up
once
do not cry because things are lost
but because dreams die
and then grow dreams
more beautiful than the last
your heart will break
a hundred times
in a thousand different ways
but, you will never lose faith
and if you come to me
i will worry
but, i will also care
and i won’t make things better
but, they will get better
because you will change
you are constantly someone new
so each day be stronger
keep your heart more guarded
and your mind more open
the future can’t be read
but, the past can be
take what i offer
hold my hand
your body came from my body
and there are things
that only we can know
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