Girl Child
Your tiny body
Is so strong and carefree and perfect
that it aches to behold it,
the ever-present mix in me of pride and fear
What awaits you?
Keep it, it’s all and always yours, defend it to the last
Love it but for real, even though you’re a woman and women aren’t supposed to
Dive right in to all the pleasure and ecstasy
conceivable for us humans,
you wouldn’t even guess what’s possible
but it’s your birthright, for real
and I want for you an endless stream of feeling so fulfilled
you could just cry from the sweet wholeness
And please, please,
no one, nothing hurt her
she’s my heart outside of myself
and the leash I have is only so long, plus it’s only in my head anyway
because she’s mine but
really she’s just hers (as it should be)
and she’ll do what she will
and I just want her to find that deep-in-love grounded feeling and live there
however she sees fit
is that so much to ask?
So you go right ahead, darlin’
no shame in being you
ever
