American Elegy  Podcast

A Morning Dream


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Lord, if I have a daughter,

let her live two lifetimes
and see me married in both of them.
In one, let him leave me -
and let me not be crushed.
In the other, let him love me
like a homecoming.
But somehow, God, let me show her
Love is a gift,
and not sustenance
It only needs her to survive.

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American Elegy  PodcastBy Emily Ergenbright