POEMS

A run in the park A dance in the dark The lights of the ferris wheel in your eyes To hear you say Laughing through your smile That it's...

Come to me now My precious one Let me quiet your dreams When the night is dark Let me show you the world Is not as it seems I know winds...

Treasures and trinkets Relics of love Memories with every artifact in our collection Walls covered Pictures of you I celebrate the...

And one day You look down and realize The little girls you fought so hard to protect Have given you more than you could ever give them...

Everything about loving you is easy Except for the learning to love myself Nonetheless, I make this promise to you To recognize that...

The world tries to tell us what family means But family is ours to define We stand, a collective, unwavering in commitment To nourish...

There's no story as powerful As unsolicited love in the words of a daughter There is no sun as bright As the pride that can pour from my...

If we must spend some days apart Know that I hold you in my heart With baited breath I count the days till your return My prayer for you...

It's a smile that heals me It's a word that takes my breath away It's a promise that I can be more than I ever believed It's a change in...

When the weight of the world is bearing down Know that I will always be here Walking through the tempest with you Holding the light to...

When the trials of the world are ever mounting A million voices wondering what to do No matter what presents it's challenge to us I will...

Oh the magic in a little girl's eyes They see their father for all he can be Forgiving with splendor and grace To create a hero Faith...

Hold fast little ones In this blinding pace Hold fast my sweet loves Days are precious and few Hold fast to your heart To the journey...

The gifts I can buy are not sufficient To show my love for you On this day I do more than celebrate I reaffirm my promise and commitment...

It’s the moments between where I’ve struggled Feeling as if I'm an inch below the waterline Able to see the breath I need but not able to...

Scrolling through the years The pictures of our life together The phantom smell of adventures I breathe in our time as if were today I...

I brandish my love for you A weapon against a world that tells girls they are not enough I fight for you Pushing back on traditions that...

I read you my poem today With such pride I shared the verse Telling you all the things you deserve to hear and know I worked to show you...

Today is our day I want you to know what this means to me All year long I wait for the moment Weeks spent preparing Months of...

Ohh how the wanderlust consumed me Always looking to escape To create a new story The drive for exploration ever present So focused on...