Girl of Mine

my bones ache when I look at you see you laughing or see you with your beautiful neck turned awkward and the veins pulse as you sleep it takes me back to think you grew inside me so perfect my best accomplishment I gasp as you read to me your voice bouncy and curious makes me beam my chest fills so full with pride that it aches in the middle where my ribs meet and the small gestures that define you naive questions or that head strong snarl the need for space that i recognize or the way you ponder the this and that of things make my bones ache when i look at you