It's as if I dumped all the memories that escaped me
or never made sense in the big picture
of a questionable existence
that is mine

until the moment you called for her

when simplicity
is replaced
with invading thoughts of who was wrong
when nothing seemed right
except for the life inside of me
that suddenly
has grown beyond the concept
of what is made of your parts
and what is part of me

her own person
it seems
dreaming dreams that have nothing to do with us
or the night
we should have made love
but instead made a life
more miraculous
than you or I will ever know at any given moment
or have a grasp on how to hold

for free spirits
fly through the air
often it seems
without thought or direction
despite our now best intentions
but with both our love
she is sure to venture
beyond any obstacle
she might have ever known
before...




*for Julia and my daughter's father- Mickey*