poem for daughter

Life was beautiful before you

Life was beautiful before you

Life was beautiful before you.

It was simple.

It was full of freedom and exploration.

It was light.

Now there is this weight.

There is a heaviness because I’ve never known that love like this exists and the fear of losing it is too immense.

I’m noticing colors in the sky that I hadn’t cared to look for since childhood.

I’m hearing birds sing to each other on our morning walks I didn’t used to take.

You point out the moon in the morning sky and it’s as if I had forgotten to look up.

Yes, life was beautiful and simple before you, but now it’s vast and spectacular.

-to Maeve

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