To my future daughter

Before you say you're in love , can you feel them without physical contact ? Do they make your insides turn into hurricanes ? When they look at you , do they burn a hole into your chest or can you travel through their eyes ?
Before you say you're in love , make sure they know the difference between your favorite food & what feeds you
When they hold your hand , you should feel the universe instead of just skin
When they kiss you , you should feel poetry being created upon your lips instead of just skin
When they say "I love you" , it should cause your heart to feel as if it's getting attacked by five earthquakes at once because you know it's true
Before you say you're in love , do you know their eye color or what they've seen ?
Do you know that they have 206 bones or do you know which ones have been broken ?
Can you feel their fingers intertwining with yours or do you feel as if your love for them swims through your veins ?
Before you say you're in love , take their mind & examine it to see if it runs in that beautiful circuit that I was telling you about
See if their mind isn't too simple because you're a complexity of many gorgeous things & they must understand you
Once you've found the section in their mind that consumes thoughts of you , make sure there's no room for anyone else
Now give them back their mind before they go insane
Open them up & see what they're made up of because remember that I told you there's more than just bones & blood
Before you say you're in love , do they know that you like 3 spoons of sugar in your French vanilla coffee ? Because after all , you are your mother's daughter
Do they know that your spine is yours & not there's ? So they should not take advantage of you bending over backwards for them
Do they know that real love can be seen through someone's eyes ? So when I meet them & I don't see thousands of sunsets in their pupils when they look at you , it's not there yet
& remember that I will know so don't question me or get upset because I'll love you more than anyone
& you can see the sunsets in my eyes when I look at you
So that's to you , my future daughter
-j.m.