December 11, 2020

For My Daughter

 

When I die choose a star

and name it after me

that you may know

I have not abandoned

or forgotten you.

You were such a star to me,

following you through birth

and childhood, my hand

in your hand.

 

When I die

choose a star and name it

after me so that I may shine

down on you, until you join

me in darkness and silence

together.

David Ignatow, Poetry 180, Poem 064 December 9, 2020

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