This poem is for my daughter
She doesn't know it yet
But one day she will need it.
Because she will need me and i won't be there
Her questions will demand answers
but will find only silence
i see it growing
The silence between us
Like the distance and time apart
It grows
And so i wrote this this poem for my daughter
Because one day she will need it
And
She doesn't know it yet
But one day someone will break her heart into a million pieces
And she will want to wonder why in the space of my arms
And she will will have tears when i tell her that there are no aswers to her questions
That this sometimes happens when you let yourself fall in love
She can find peace in the pieces she is in and save herself
But She won't believe me
and so i wrote this poem is for my daughter
She doesn't know it yet
But one day she will need it.
Because she will need me
and i won't be there to greet her like the sun
Daily
Because she looks for me
Sometimes cries herself to sleep questioning why momny would leave.
And she will have tears when i tell her she is the answer
Because mommy wanted to be better for her daughter
Because a brown girl raised in abusive atmospheres believe themselves unworthy .
And i can't teach her to be invaluable by selling myself short
I wrote this poem for her to know how much she is valued
And cherished
And loved
And deserves the best of everything
And she and poetry are synonymous as the best of me so
This poem is for my daughter
She doesn't know it yet
But one day she will need it.
Because she will need me
and i won't be there
But my memory & especience will
Forever in these words
This poem is here for when she has words for me
When she rebels
spewing words of anger anchored in truth
When she starts keeping secrets, sneaking out,
repeating history
This poem will take will make her question herself
It will laugh at her answers and teach her that none of us really know what we're doing
That we all do our best everyday for those we love
And she will know she is
/was/
will be loved no matter what.
Which is why
I write this poem for my daughter
Because she will need it
She doesn't know it yet
But she will need me
and i will be here
Forever
In word.
Love & Light,
C. Joi Sanchez
www.jsanssayz.blogspot.com
