Or else, find the boy who lit the fire in the first place to see if you can change him.”īut I know that she will anyway, so instead I’ll always keep an extra supply of chocolate and rain boats nearby, ‘cause there is no heartbreak that chocolate can’t fix. Believe me, I’ve tried.Īnd “Baby,” I’ll tell her “don’t keep your nose up in the air like that, I know that trick, you’re just smelling for smoke so you can follow the trail back to a burning house so you can find the boy who lost everything in the fire to see if you can save him.

Because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by band-aids or poetry, so the first time she realizes that Wonder-woman isn’t coming, I’ll make sure she knows she doesn’t have to wear the cape all by herself. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. She’s gonna learn that this life will hit you, hard, in the face, wait for you to get back up so it can kick you in the stomach. And I’m going to paint the solar system on the back of her hands so that she has to learn the entire universe before she can say “Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.” “If I should have a daughter…“Instead of “Mom”, she’s gonna call me “Point B.” Because that way, she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me.

I wanna kick it with you all night girl