We climb up the life guard tower. The steps to the top are steep - so high we have to pull our bodies up to each level.
We reach the top and sit side by side, looking out across the lake. Daphne smiles broadly, swinging her skinny legs. There is a gap in her front teeth that makes me think of childhood.
She wraps her arms around my neck and squeezes tightly. It chokes me a bit, but I do not loosen her grip.
"I will hold you, Tia, so you do not fall." Her sweet breath is on my ear.
I am so overwhelmed with love for this wild haired child. I wonder if it is pulsing from my chest, seeping from me into her. Maybe this is why she holds me so tightly.
I have come to realize that there are kinds of love far more vital and constant that the kind I once searched for. And they hold your heart more tightly than any ever lover could.
We reach the top and sit side by side, looking out across the lake. Daphne smiles broadly, swinging her skinny legs. There is a gap in her front teeth that makes me think of childhood.
She wraps her arms around my neck and squeezes tightly. It chokes me a bit, but I do not loosen her grip.
"I will hold you, Tia, so you do not fall." Her sweet breath is on my ear.
I am so overwhelmed with love for this wild haired child. I wonder if it is pulsing from my chest, seeping from me into her. Maybe this is why she holds me so tightly.
I have come to realize that there are kinds of love far more vital and constant that the kind I once searched for. And they hold your heart more tightly than any ever lover could.
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