To My Daughter

may you ride forever and a day
my sweet sweet
girl.
may life flow with a speed and direction that
seems effortless and
light.
may all beauty come find you
sated yet open
may viciousness heel and accompany
you on your journey as your
companion and friend,
may angels follow your light in the
evening,
may devils find reason
beside and not within you.
may flowering forces belie your presence
and like light gases your
fears are held, a crown around you.
and may you love without abandon
even the horrors of this place
may you smile while being
chased by
anything this life decides to pair with you,
and may despair itself
despair to find you
as
you rise slowly dreaming from
the bottom of the ocean to the
breakwater,
hair afire like no sea could reach.