I'm gonna tattoo your names onto each one of your fingers,
With the ink of my love;
So that this way, even if it gets so dark that you can barely see your outstretched hands,
You always know who you are
And with the ink made from the blood I bleed and the swell in my chest the day you were born,
It'll never fade.
I'm gonna sew your favorite songs into each one of my jackets,
And your favorite colors on my mittens
So that wherever I go I'll have a piece of you with me;
And you'll hold my hands.
Your eyes are like watercolor paintings that are always wet,
Swirling and mixing with your blues and greens,
And they light up when you laugh at each other's jokes.
You tell jokes, like the ocean to the shore,
A whisper, and then a quick sweep back before I can find out what you two have done.
I'm gonna paint your faces into the backs of my eyelids,
So that even when I lay down to sleep forever,
I will always see you.
The love I feel for you two is nothing that will ever be replicated again, and has never before existed.
It is something that can't be carried by cutting February winds or swayed by the soft grass in August
It is as immovable and strong as the mother who gave birth to all three of us and I thank god every day that she did.
You two, are genetic monopoly, smashed mirror pieces from the heavens,
Clouds come together shaped by the hand of god, I don't care what anyone believes you two,
Are special.
Unique.
Words so over used and underrated but I hope that my experienced tongue can convey to you the meaning of these words,
God knows words live on my tongue.
Your names live in my throat, always used and brushing shoulders with the air I breathe.
Your laughter lives in my lungs,
Because it's air too and its just as important
Your beautiful faces live in my eyes,
where I can watch them grow and bloom
But your spirits,
They live in my heart.
And as long as the blood in my body keeps moving, as long as I breathe and blink and cry and laugh and piss you off and smile and say I'm sorry for not being enough for you but I'll try my hardest,
As long as I live,
I live for you.
I love you Leah,
I love you Hannah,
And do not ever believe for one second
That you are anything less
Than galaxies.
