ode to you

this is for you, knowing what you don’t know, this is for you sweet maybe child, this is for you in the next edition, this is for you after twelve hours, this is for you after ten thousand hours, this is for you, who I will hold at nights after a shower and in towel dry delirium, this is for you, dirty two day tupperware in the car, this is for you under florescence, this is for you varicose veins, this is for you who finds my arms safe, this is for you, holding hands as they leave this world, this is for you working harder, this is for you who knows how I like things, this is for you who pays closer attention, this is for you who stands over a sink and is willing to give everything away, this is for you thinking about her womb in the morning over easy and raspberry jam, this is for the family who finds me from somewhere, this is for you who is startled by time, this is for you who chooses not to leave me, this is for your fingers I love to kiss, this is for you who matches the lids with their containers, this is for you, leftovers, this is for you days off together, this is for you who I can see when I close my eyes, this is for you lessons to learn, this is for you healthy days, this is for you in sickness, this is for you holding so much more.