daughters

are ghosts you can touch. 

exist in multi-planes, for your convenience. 

hover above ground, often in a scurry when hungry. 

are people that belonged to you before they belong to themselves, if you believe that. if they believe that.

are people that belonged to themselves before they belong to you, if you believe that. if they believe that.

get angry sometimes. blame you for it. and come back to you, with or without your apology.

don't come back, with or without your apology.

curl up, when lovesick. against a wall or such. 

are dangerous beings, in your eyes, when lovesick.

find their own fault first. 

fault you first.

can be tainted.

can be ruined.

can be influenced and be unforgivable for it. 

are beings you are most proud of. 

fuck up.

are beings you want to hug and worship.

fuck up.

are beings you've forgotten.

are protected.

are powerful.

are powerless.

hurt you the most, when they stray and burn their own way to the farthest edges of protection.

are protected from what? 

come to an age, when they realize their ignorance of the world was what made them so fearless. So, it was you, who separated the world from them. So, they arrive, thankful. 

are still fearless, despite their distrust. 

don't thank you. a nod in your rearview mirror before closing the back door.

are loud, in their bodies, minds, and speech, when out of sight.

are so careful, when expressing their bodies, minds, and speech. shivering in every darkness.

are so careful, for every reason you've given them and every reason they've lived to witness. may you never know.

weave worlds you can only glimpse into. 

have words to say. 

are made. women are made. and you made a daughter. you made a woman. 

were chubby, small things before they were anything else.

don't want to be called crazy. 

like softness and sweetnesses. 

don't forgive you.

don't forget you. 

say the damn words.

don't want to remember the things you said. 

remember what you said.

try. 

shiver in every darkness because of a world that's designed for the male gaze and male hunger. 

hide.

dance.

live in a world that naturalizes a woman's fear. 

hide.

dance.

are not ghosts you can touch. 

don't want to hide. they want to dance.