I have a heavy suitcase that I cannot empty
in it are the reasons my daughter
will never be mistreated
and a few why she might be a little crazy like her mother
I have a milk crate that can make me cry
I have a duffel bag that has a high school dance in it
it has the endings of the beginning of the beginning's end
I have a milk crate that can make me cry
And I have a cardboard box that has a pen
and the innocence
and the energy
and the drive
and the certainty
of an 18-year-old baby girl with everything to to lose
and gain
But about that milk crate that makes me cry...
It has that girl's heart
and her mind
It has everything she could have been
and everything she wasn't
It has were she came from
and no sign of where she's going
It has a mirror that reflects and unfamiliar face
I have a milk crate that can make me cry.
