Daughter

I remember the day we brought you home wrapped so tightly in that little pink blanket. I held you close and...

There’s something caught in my eye
It’s just this picture of you
A casual, faded thing from...

My fourteen year old daughter was the star of a children's TV show.
But because she grew large...

Once again, I need your help,
I'm weak and I'm losing my strength,
I'm finding life at the...

Ten Tiny Toes leaving their first imprints on the sand...
Lead way to salty water while holding...

Even tho you are no longer by my side
Just know that I love you and I say that with pride
You...

Forgotten memory jarred
beholding two decks UNO
materializing from...thin air,
(...

The breathless moments of that fluttering feeling, you're listening to my voice, I feel you kicking,...

I learned that my daughter's old boyfriend was a drug dealer.
He is a scumbag who turned out to be a...

You come to my resting place and tell me about your living days,
You tell me each time, that you...

In the beginning, when I was so small.
I had all my brothers, mom & dad & my dolls.

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She is only sweet sixteen
So pure as a fragrant red rose
Unawareness of her future
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Sporadic mortal vessel amidst vespers,
Fists clenched, whitened, brittle,
Astute in hidden...

Driving along the motorway
She rings her Dad on hands free
It’s the third call she’s made to...

She’s very la-de-da
She talks with marbles in her mouth
Sounding just like Queen Elizabeth...

You said”Mammy don’t ever go away, stay with me forever”
I looked into your worried face
...

The hill holds secrets so ancient and old.
Private news leaks from breezes and is told.
A...