4.11.2017

This Song Goes to Eleven

If you
were set to music
you’d be the kind of song
I never forget,
the kind that stays
just under the surface
ready for humming,
the song I’m always happy to hear.
You are songs of my youth
but not really
because you are so very much your own song.
You are so new I have no way of imagining.
You are the song I turn on
through tears and laughter both,
heartbreaking and pleasing, seemingly
simple but endlessly complex.
You are perfection. You are my song.

Today is my daughter’s 11th birthday! Love!

And it’s NaPoWriMo Day 11! Sharing on the Tuesday Platform in the Imaginary Garden.
Posted by Marian at 7:38 AM
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15 comments:

  1. Cressida de NovaApril 11, 2017 at 8:12 AM

    Oh...just stunning. A precious gift for your lovely daughter

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  2. emilie jungApril 11, 2017 at 8:48 AM

    I agree; what an amazing gift for your little girl ... a woman, just around the corner though. :) My oldest is 14. My younger two daughters are 9 and 7.

    I love your line breaks, telling me exactly how to read this aloud.

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  3. Rosemary Nissen-WadeApril 11, 2017 at 9:39 AM

    Oh, just saw this on facebook and thought it was lovely – and enjoyed it here all over again.

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  4. Justin LambApril 11, 2017 at 10:31 AM

    Perfect! This is how I feel about my son (who is also 11). Nicely done.

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  5. angieinspiredApril 11, 2017 at 11:03 AM

    Happy birthday to your girl

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  6. colleenApril 11, 2017 at 11:42 AM

    Best song on the playlist! I'm working on a songs of my life playlist. There are so many but only about six that I consider life changing.

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  7. Kerry O'ConnorApril 11, 2017 at 1:31 PM

    Brilliant! They are each of them a song one cannot stop singing.

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  8. Sanaa RizviApril 11, 2017 at 2:55 PM

    Awww!❤️ This is soo beautiful, Marian

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  9. JimApril 11, 2017 at 5:31 PM

    Perfect tribute to your daughter, Marian. I wish I was the person in the poem, a person blessed very much by having the love of the writer.
    ..

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  10. HelenApril 11, 2017 at 6:20 PM

    Happy birthday to your daughter, Marian! And sing, sing a song (all day long.)

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  11. Paul John DearApril 11, 2017 at 6:52 PM

    simply gorgeous.

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  12. ThotpurgeApril 11, 2017 at 9:04 PM

    The kind of song i never forget..yes!!!

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  13. grapelingApril 11, 2017 at 9:08 PM

    happy birthday! what a love-filled pen :) ~

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  14. sreeja harikrishnanApril 12, 2017 at 3:48 AM

    Such a lovely gift....beautiful poem!

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  15. Susie ClevengerApril 12, 2017 at 2:48 PM

    What a beautiful gift for your daughter!

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