I know for a fact that it will come
frightening yet inevitable
when the day comes that you decide to love
when you let someone in your heart
like two children playing hide and seek in the backyard
not afraid if the day ends or if the night will ever come.
Daughter,
there is important thing you have to learn.
Love is vulnerability given freely
a home built for a whole life offered in just minutes to a stranger
a freshly brewed coffee in your favorite mug you have taken care of for years
a stolen smile you took from someone you wish to have in your life
but cannot.
I want you to know love
the thing too soft it cuts
too cold it burns
too beautiful it kills
it will tear the letters you hide under your bed
it will put your man's lips on someone's
it will drown the spark you shared together.
And if ever love decides to break your heart
I want you to learn
to love again.
Who does not hurt does not know love.
