If I should have a daughter…“Instead of “Mom”, she’s gonna call me “Point B.” Because that way, she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I’m going to paint the solar system on the back of her hands so that she has to learn the entire universe before she can say “Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.”
She’s gonna learn that this life will hit you, hard, in the face, wait for you to get back up so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by band-aids or poetry, so the first time she realizes that Wonder-woman isn’t coming, I’ll make sure she knows she doesn’t have to wear the cape all by herself. Because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. Believe me, I’ve tried.
And “Baby,” I’ll tell her “don’t keep your nose up in the air like that, I know that trick, you’re just smelling for smoke so you can follow the trail back to a burning house so you can find the boy who lost everything in the fire to see if you can save him. Or else, find the boy who lit the fire in the first place to see if you can change him.”
But I know that she will anyway, so instead I’ll always keep an extra supply of chocolate and rain boats nearby, ‘cause there is no heartbreak that chocolate can’t fix. Okay, there’s a few heartbreaks chocolate can’t fix. But that’s what the rain boots are for, because rain will wash away everything if you let it.
I want her to see the world through the underside of a glass bottom boat, to look through a magnifying glass at the galaxies that exist on the pin point of a human mind. Because that’s how my mom taught me. That there’ll be days like this, “There’ll be days like this my momma said” when you open your hands to catch and wind up with only blisters and bruises. When you step out of the phone booth and try to fly and the very people you wanna save are the ones standing on your cape. When your boots will fill with rain and you’ll be up to your knees in disappointment and those are the very days you have all the more reason to say “thank you,” ‘cause there is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline no matter how many times it’s sent away.
You will put the “wind” in win some lose some, you will put the “star” in starting over and over, and no matter how many land mines erupt in a minute be sure your mind lands on the beauty of this funny place called life.
And yes, on a scale from one to over-trusting I am pretty damn naive but I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.
“Baby,” I’ll tell her “remember your mama is a worrier but your papa is a warrior and you are the girl with small hands and big eyes who never stops asking for more.”
Remember that good things come in threes and so do bad things and always apologize when you’ve done something wrong but don’t you ever apologize for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining.
The inspiring poem by Sarah Kay talks about her dreams and her
struggles and how she would make a difference with her daughter. S he believes that
her daughter will be hand and hand and her daughter can go to her as a “point B.”
Sarah Kay is going to take her daughter and show her how the world works and
that not everything can be right but some things can. She told us all her life difficulties
through one poem and that she can change this. She can make sure her daughter
has no difficulties through life.
The poem just
flows letting through all the things a girl will have to face through. Whether
it is boy trouble, through rebellion she shows her meaning that life is
beautiful. The best way is she hides it into nature features ‘cause there is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop
kissing the shoreline no matter how many times it’s sent away. You will
put the “wind” in win some lose some; you will put the “star” in starting over
and over, and
no matter how many land mines erupt in a minute be sure your mind lands on the beauty of this funny place called life.” She has a
very different and unique style of showing that the world is a beautiful place
and she sends this message not just to her daughter but all girls that life is
beautiful and just to live it. She has a unique way to send out message in a
nice way that is easier to understand and making it clear.
I liked her poem because
she has a clear focus showing it through beginning through end she has shown
life difficulties through a couple of paragraphs she has shown her dreams. Still,
maintaining a clear focus. I like her poem because it goes through life
mistakes that everyone will make. She does this all while just talking about
her dream daughter. This poem is a beautiful piece of literature
