banana hair

it’s the toothless smileit’s the pea mush up her nose and in her eyebrowsit’s the way she buries her face in my chestit’s the way she reaches for meit’s the chunky thighs (and arms and tummy and everything)it’s the sparkling eyesit’s sitting up in the bathtub by herselfit’s the rolling and scooting to get where […]

six months postpartum

This is where I spend my days nowHere on the floorTrying to finish my coffeeOr read a littleBefore she needs me againShe needs me I’m not the same person nowI forget thingsI don’t sleep very muchI don’t reply to messagesFor a long timeEverything seems to take a long time The things I don’t like about […]