Katherine

I hope my future daughter is exactly like you
And nothing like you at the same time
You are me
But written on parchment
And I think that the world has enough of us already.

You are generous
And thoughtful
And gorgeous in every way of your choosing

You are young, and bright
Unafraid to fight
For those that you care most for.

You remember things no one else does
And loves people so gently in private
When something goes wrong, you’re not sure you’ll survive it
But everytime you don’t know,
I do.

I hope my future daughter is everything like you.
And nothing at all.
Because I don’t think I could stand to watch her fall.
Stall.
For some man who doesn’t appreciate her like she should be.

I hope when she falls in love it’s with a woman
So she’ll never have to know our pain
The strain we put on ourselves to get to where we’re going.

I hope my future daughter is nothing like you.
I hope she’s careful
And plans
I hope she’d rather stand
And
Not talk at a coffee shop on the corner.
I hope she takes note of the former.
I hope my future daughter accepts help
And love
And what she deserves.

Unlike you and I have.

I hope my future daughter is everything like you.

Beautiful,
Loyal,
And pure of heart.
But that’s not even the best part.
I hope she’s creative
And kind.
I hope she makes me feel young and alive.
I hope she loves as deeply as you do
And shows her emotions just as freely.
I hope my daughter doesn’t apologize for what she doesn’t have to.

I hope whoever she turns out to be,
She’ll always be kinda like you.

Plans

I hope I stay with you forever
Spring birds and falling feathers
Littering our doorstep like the freshly fallen snow we had in December

I’ll love you to the nether
And it’ll only get so much better

Take me from the hell of my past
And pull me into your bubble

In the winter by the fire
We can watch our love grow as we huddle

You’ve told me you love me and it’ll stay with me until I drop
I wish I had a photo of every moment since we met
So I can prove to myself that you’ve loved me since first sight
Just as I have loved you

When you make your music I’ll be your biggest fan
And my best plan
Is to love you forever
To let your heart break never

Lover
I don’t mean to hover
But you’ve brought me happiness
And I can’t let myself suffer

I’ve prayed for you my entire life
And now that you’re here i’m terrified you’ll be gone when I Open my eyes

But when I fall asleep on your chest the fears
Disappear
And you’re right here
You love me for who I am

And I love you for everything you have been
Are
And will be

Forever is a long time

But if we take it sleep by sleep
Maybe it won’t seem so steep
Can I sleep next to you forever?

An Ode To Missing Something You Do Not Have

I fear that love is feeble and lonely
For I know that it exists because I am full of it
And I pause and believe that I cannot be the only one
But maybe the only one that can love as deep as I
There are canyons smaller than the pit that my love lies in
There are addictions less tempting
Than that of my need to nurture
The strongest magnets are weaker
Than my desire to tuck little heads into beds
And to make warm cups of coffee in the morning
There is no prophecy destined more
Than for me to make a house a home
Why do foul-fated hearts get to live the life I beg for
Why do greedy demons get to sin and win what I wish for?
I yearn for my children not yet born
I long for a ring that has not yet left its mark on my heart-tethered finger.
I lose sleep because I am not slumbering in the bed I will one day have.
I miss my future husband.