Paul and Rose
Maybe no one ever told you two
But you are perfect to me
Rose’s passion
Paul’s insight
The thinkers
The engineers
My engineers
Everything I am is you and more
Thank you
Mbadiwe and Nnennaya
As you get older
You begin to realize the burdens
To parent
Because as they told me
They told you
Put your kids first
Forget about yourselves
Do everything for you kids
So that they may be better
And so you did
And so we were
I hope you don’t resent the freedom you allowed me to have
The freedoms that you only dreamt of
But what does it mean to be free
To be an immigrant couple
With a house full of children
In a community full of trauma
Sometimes your children is your only dosage of freedom
SO sometimes I get why you put so much energy and making me the best version of you
And more
I say and more because I have picked the best parts
Of You two to recreate my own version of me
Thank you
Imela
Daalu
Paul’s introversion
Rose’s empathy
Rose’s I am not yelling
I am raising my voice
My need to be heard like her
And my prudence like Paul
My engineers
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