“Luck for the counting of wars
she has not seen.
May they be
numbered zero.
Love or at the least care
in every face she will see.
May those forever be
as numberless as waves.”
Had she been born,
I would have placed this blessing on
the girl I’ll never see, the girl I never had,
the one who’ll never be.
But I am content. I did right
to not bring her into
the things
I have had to see,
though I would have loved her
had she been here. I loved her,
in fact, enough
to have chosen to keep her safe.
Though some have called this selfish,
and some have shaken their heads,
I say to them that the greatest blessing
I placed upon her is this:
she did not have to know me.
Dark Matter 
March 2nd, 2012 at 7:21 am
It can also be an act of courage!
I wish I had written the line: as numberless as waves
March 2nd, 2012 at 7:47 am
Thanks for this. Funny, I was thinking that phrase looked a little clunky…
March 2nd, 2012 at 7:51 am
Not for me!
March 2nd, 2012 at 8:56 am
LOL…well, good then.