k i d s

​i think about my kids often
i don't know if they will come to me
in this lifetime
but i have hope

and in this hope i collect
pieces of art that i also hope will
help nourish these children
should they come to me

i think of hypothetical solutions
to hypothetical problems
to ready my heart and mind
as their protector and advocate

i think about my kids
and prepare their rooms in my mind
and i hope someday i'll have enough money
to create these rooms, to create these meals,
to create this life

and i work
i work hard and think harder about
how to make this life a reality

there are kids out there
needing family
i am an adult out here
also longing for family

we are two magnets
filled with hope
that the universe will honor
our ends by bringing us
together