Dear Little Spirit,
whom deeply I wish to meet,
and your laughter I'd wish to hear it,
see your twinkling eyes and wiggly feet,

I know it isn't your time, so within spirit is where you'll rest,
until it's a safer time for you to be here if this life allows,
for your life should matter whether you live within me or not, you shouldn't have to fret.
Your life should be yours to lead, not traditional-bound.

If you were to be a little girl, and grow to be a woman I'd fear every day
I'd get a call that something's happened to you,
the anxiety would chip me away,
and the times only get worse and there's already too many #metoo's

If you were to...