Saturday, December 10, 2011

Dinner with My Father

Tonight I will dance on my father's toes
with broken feet
a creasing eye

I am grown now
your little one
your twin bird
and another man calls me
Darling

But you are the bones I drape upon
each step to dance
taken in turn of teaching

you taught me to dance
taught me to laugh
taught me to fly
pressing tiny toes
to the tops of your feet

tonight I am your girl
I will dance on with my toes
on your broken feet

Your smile is sagged like mine
our eyes fold as mirrors
I am yours
and will always be

your girl.

1 comment:

Erin Karcher said...

This is so sweet... you should read it to him.