I am my mother’s cheers
I embody my father’s fears
I go further and further past
the painful sears
that ended mom and dad-
that end to their careers…
I am guardian
of my mother’s ghost
I am protector
of my father’s post
I am gatekeeper
to that lone fated coast…
I am master
of my mother
of my father,
their fates
The master
of all fates-
yet master
of none…
I’m their warrior
their savior
their angel-
I am Juno
I am
and I am
their soul
their love-
reborn
Penny,
you knew fighting
this losing battle
would be no stroll
on a calm beach.
And daughter,
now you know
that to challenge Goliath
when you are David,
when you have nothing,
…feel like nothing…
and you have no wealth,
no allies, no power-
that it’s like a penny
challenging a million bucks!
But you know, too
when everything is gone
…everything is lost…
and you lose…
and you’re lost…
like I lost…
…you still win.
Because you are one-
one in a million,
my Penny…