06/03/2026
When I Tell My Daughter
"I Love You Too"
When my daughter tells me she loves me
I want to reply I am not me without her,
that only with her, I am.
We are made of each other
for each other,
and the word "love" will never be big enough to describe
the heart of my heart,
or love's own longing.
How she has coloured me in,
at the sight of her; poetry.
How I will find her in every universe
just as she finds me in my dreams.
How this love will never boast or take, but simply
offer itself endlessly.
Because my heart doesn't just beat for her.
It beats because of her.
She is love.
- Jessica Urlichs