Jesse has really been enjoying her little book club group here in Cascade Locks. So many good people here! This month, the group planned on sharing poems in lieu of discussing a book they'd all read, so Jesse asked me to write one. Awesome! I've still been meaning to exercise my creative writing mind more lately, so this was a perfect opportunity to ease my way in. Hopefully it won't take me another 3 years to publish anything, but if it does, so be it. This one is titled "It's a Girl". Perhaps I'll explain some pieces of it a bit more later, but until then...

​It's a Girl
A quiet wish that’s cautiously unearthed and set in place
That arms would hold and hands would cup the smallness of your face
A guarded hope discouraged by a facet of our roots
Has seemingly been rectified within a pure pursuit
 
With gratefulness that’s echoed to whatever will receive
To Cosmos, Gods and entities of which we may believe
A thankfulness beyond compare for life within our walls
For riddles pitting source and size eternally unsolved
 
With vessels cradled carefully in arms made to protect
As closing eyes feed urgency of days to resurrect
As crib and bed hold little ones with bodies tightly curled
We step into their prints as they illuminate our world

12/12/2019
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Come on out of Mama's belly, come on out tonight
Come on out of Mama's belly, go and chase the light
Come on out of Mama's belly, we'll go and catch the stars
Come on out, introduce yourself, and show us who you are

Because we love you, and that's the reason why
You make the stars collide, illuminating all that's in the sky
In desperation we hold onto moments as they pass us by
We'll love you far beyond the day we die

It's humbling to hold a soul that's bigger than your dreams
When everything you thought you knew collapses at your knees
And suddenly you understand the meaning of complete
A stunning new reality, it seems

I, can see, that our efforts are in vain
Stopping hands on all our clocks won't make the sunshine do the same
It's impolite that time won't take the time to entertain
An adjustment that keeps everything the same

Because we love you, and that's the reason why
You make the stars collide, illuminating all that's in the sky
In desperation we hold onto moments as they pass us by
We'll love you far beyond the day we die

Koala hugs & belly rubs & stories late at night
Wobble knees & tiny things that fit your hands just right
Little explorations that ignite within your eyes
Imagination bigger than the sky

Because we love you, and that's the reason why
You make the stars collide, illuminating all that's in the sky
In desperation we hold onto moments as they pass us by
We'll love you far beyond the day we die

I, can see, that our efforts are in vain
Stopping hands on all our clocks won't make the sunshine do the same
It's impolite that time won't take the time to entertain
An adjustment that keeps everything the same

~Mitchell (Daddy)