We found what we were looking for
Little girl with the big brown curls
And cutest smile
You’ve been shoved in a photo album
For over 20 years
Collecting dust from your fathers office
And your mothers moving boxes
This weekend I took you back out
I listened to the memory in that 4x6 until I could remember twirling in that lacy white dress
And we cried and we screamed for all the things that once had power over us
And we danced
We danced for all the joy and the peace and the power we never knew we had in us
We danced with all of our friends in the room
There was more love than the sky could encompass
Strangers turned to friends with their heads back, embracing, laughing, shouting with their arms wide open
We found home
Which was always here
In the heart
And now I know
and can never forget
That no matter the story
We’re all the same yet