You put the curl in my hair.

You put the sprinkles and sparkles and life in my eyes.

You gave me my dimple, and brought it out of hiding.

You imagined me, and thought it was good. Something the world needed. So you breathed me into being

And spoke me into motion

And kept your chest to my back, arms around me, never gone, never gone…even when I was curled up tight in fear of the horrible sounds, and the horrible silences between them. You were there. You were still You...still solid to lean against. Still ready to heal my broken heart and set it free. You never wavered.

You made me want to be brave.

And you whispered in my ear my name, and told me

“little girl: arise.”

i invoke you, every moment of my life: come. be near me. "ruin me with your love, so no other is enough."

consume me.

ignite me.

let me burn brightly.