I love you forever

I like you for always

As long as I am living

my baby you will be

 

my favorite book to read to my daughter

knowing that one day my love won’t be the love she yearns for

It will be the love she searches for, outside

looking underneath the bed

in dresser drawers

old trunks

kitchen cabinets

everywhere else but within

until she meets the one who will engage her

like the dark knight

stealing her precious belongings

burying them in the backyard

as his own trophy

while she searches

under the bed

in dresser drawers

old trunks

and kitchen cabinets

looking for those parts of herself that she lost

while searching for the love she thought she needed

until she realized all that she needed

was already within herself

before the darkness