To My Rose...for Melissa -C



My daughter
You, the puzzle
juggling puzzles--
My pride awakened
your intelligence stirring mine

We know and we share
yet are our own universes
and in ort melding
You abide your life
but always you be, 
my little girl-

just realizing each other
now and then,
comes time to part,
The reality lost
to the imagined of
who we are
to each other

Your heart to mine
my self to yours
We learn from each mirror
what we see
and discomfort each
in our branches past...

yet we part
never ever fully parted
being part of each other's
blueprint and dream
by virtue of
our ever sweet 
love

phoebe/mom


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