At night when I lay in bed
I hope that you wil hold me and whisper
everything will be all right,
everything is all right.
I hope that the child we share
cares less about the meaning of words like
mother, father
but more about
love, justice, equality.
I wish for our daughter to always
have the courage to speak her thoughts and feelings
but also have the wisdom to know when to say them
and how to say them.
I wish for our son to only
raise his fists in congratulations and to take
both winning and defeat graciously.
I want our daughter to know that she can like pink
but she doesn’t have to like pink
and our son to know he can like football
but he doesn’t have to like football.
I want our children to have dreams
and fear to lose them,
to know that the grass is not always green
on the other side,
to know struggles so that they may overcome
but to never know despair.
When you hold me at night
I want to have faith
in us,
in them,
in everyone.