“I hope wherever she takes you
that you will learn to call the place home.
And that you will let the sky fill you
with rain when you are emptied
like a bucket overflowing,
spilling off the edges,
quenching the thirst
of our broken earth
Until you no longer ache
for anything but your steady legs
and the ground beneath your feet.”
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