I am Love

I am from love.

I am out til the streetlights come on,

Barefeet, bike riding, skinned knees summer.

I am Green Lake Big Dock, big jump.

Oldest of three sisters,

we

expect

more from you.

Score more hoops, A+ only, captain of the… and president, too.

I am from big mall hair, Madonna and Michael.

I am Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, and Hail Mary around the block.

Love.

Oreos, ice cream and chips, vegetarian.

Store bought cakes on your birthday, or the day after.

I am from love,

And divorce.

I am a Princess married to her Prince,

Blessed with the two

Most precious girls.

Angela McLaughlin (draft)