Hey baby girl
You’re here!
Let the world know!
Fill your lungs
With a breath of this world
Greet your subjects;
Let them know their place!
Announce your essence
Enchant them, enthrall them
Amaze them
That this tiny little thing
Can take up so much
Space.
Hi there little girl
Dictionary definition of darling!
Maker of mischief
Madcap mademoiselle of magnificence!
Spread your arms
Embrace the world
Show them! Sing it!
Show you know to
Make the most of your moment
You know to dazzle
With personality pizazz
You know to dominate your
Space.
Hallo young lady
Growing into your own now
Prepubescent potential
Blooming bright,
Cocooning creature
Spreading her wings
Across that bridge
To the title of teen
A bud broadening now
Watch how they look at you
Watch how they watch you
Absorb more
Space.
Hello, miss what’s your name again?
Stand here, feet together
Style for the clique now
Smile for the camera now
Squeeze together to
Fit in the frame
Squeeze in
Damn you
I said
Fit!
…Can’t tell one from the next now;
They each fill the same
Space.
Hey there, ma’am
Greet your many iterations
At each morning’s mirror moment;
Fast forward to the now.
Count the wrinkles
Count the pounds
Count the flab
Count the calories.
Count the beads of perspiration
Pouring down your face,
Count the beats of your heart,
Count the ideas you never dare share,
Count the times you open your mouth
And preemptively retract
The intent to offend,
Count the potential peals of laughter
That silence you.
Count the crazy
Swirling in your head,
Count the anxiety
Tugging at your heart,
Count the fear
Crawling behind your eyes.
Chin up, deep breath
Pull yourself together now…
Suck. It. In!
Everybody’s watching
That blemish, that stain
Those limbs expanding,
That stomach, those hips extruding…
You’re leaking through the borders now
You’re spilling outside the lines!
Careful, careful, easy now, retreat!
Before someone calls you on it
Before someone points it out
Before someone whispers to you
…Honey, move over…
You’re picking up too much
Space.
