Inkpaw

my father has a saying
"there's two ways to have the tallest building, 
you can knock all the others over
or you can build your's tall."
boost,
don't knock. 
 

tiny hopes
big dreams
a life I'm planning already
around something so unsteady 
who knows where you will take me
but baby 
wherever it is 
I'm ready. 

I'm sorry
yes 
I did eat all of the candy 
and yes
I'm not really sorry at all. 
deal. 

frosty flakes flutter 
in a delicate dance of death 
to the gray slush covered ground

cheeks are rosy and red
like apples in fall
fall they do 
fall down on the ice 

water flows 
wind blows
outside in the cold
as our hearts spin stories 
by the old worn fireplace

the world turns
and the fire burns
while your hand rests in mine
writing poems in our minds