Ruby

You were born in both love and blood. 

I will do all that I can to show you love

To be love 

To act like love 

To know love for myself 

So you can know it without question  

I wear your birthstone, your favorite color 

I wear daddy’s too 

I wear my own 

To remind me of love when I forget 

In this life, one that breaks you slowly 

One full of false care and masked truths     

The blood can cloud.  

For you, 

I remember the blood 

I know that, although it comes with hurt sometimes 

It also sustains, mends, and heals    

I will do my best to remember the love that shines  

through the light of blue topaz and pearl eyes and 

the most precious ruby-red smile. 

Made so by blood. 

And in: 

“The natural radiance of the unobscured heart”.