transient

“For My Daughter:”
completed on 5.17.24

i almost wrote these words using my tears
but she deserves so much more
blood is thicker than water
so i’ll write this straight from my heart

you and i created something better
than the sum of our two parts
her life outshines
the brightest parts of you or I combined

i thought about moving
see if i could rebuild and find myself again
but the only place that ever feels like home
is when I’m close enough to help her when she’s sad

the door to our past dead-bolted shut
but i’m no longer looking in the rear-view
my route now lit by her sunlight
bright enough to illuminate my darkest night

just because I can’t hear her cry when she’s away
doesn’t mean I ever stop listening
i always want to know she’s ok
i’d do anything to let her stay

chorus
the hourglass sand falls faster every day
it only slows when she’s away
life is better when she’s by my side
she saves me from life’s landslides