You were born in my heart
A long time ago
I’ll say
I thought about you all the time
I imagined you here
I imagined all of your faces
And all the ways you could have been
I imagined you as a boy
and as a girl
I imagined you coming from me once
I imagined you growing in a love of mine
I imagined you in a hospital
           In a hut
           Outside
I imagined you crying
        And laughing
         And smiling
         And wondering
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Your soul connected to mine
Before we had bodies
Before there was a when
           Or a where
           Or a how
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And I always knew
That when the day was right
When we were ready
That it would be time
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Time for that love
           Born in my heart
           Long ago
To grow bigger than anything I could ever imagine.