May 4, 2023

i carry your heart with me

By E.E. Cummings

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

Dear Scarlett Rose,

You’re eight! You are great! You are a baby, you are so grown. You are independent, you need mommy to tell you everything will be alright. You are lovely as a rose, you are tough as nails. You are a team player, you are a leader. You are honey sweet, you are pepper spicy. You are responsible, you are whimsical. You are starlight, the smell of jasmine, birdsong, and everything that I love. And I love you so.

Love,

Mama