Anita’s Speech
“i carry your heart with me,” by e.e. cummings
i carry your heat with me
i carry it in my heart
i am never without it
anywhere i go, you go, my dear;
and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling
i fear no fate, for you are my fate, my sweet
i want no world
for beautiful you are my world, my true
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than a soul can hope of mind can hide and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart
i carry it in my heart
Sara,
There is so much I could say about you. You have such a beautiful soul. You look at the world in such an honest, heartfelt way. Your kindness and compassion are extraordinary. Your creativity and talent are remarkable. I feel such happiness knowing that you have found an equally beautiful soul to spend your life with.
Eli,
You have held a place in my heart for a long time now. Remember when I was in Boston to help you move? You took me to the Honda dealer so I could get the CR-V serviced before your cross-country trip. You wandered off to look at a car in the show room that you were too tall to fit in. The employee I was talking to asked if I needed the courtesy van to give me a ride. I said no, my son-in-law is with me and he will drive me home. In my heart you were already my son, but I'm glad that now it is official.
When I think of my children I often think of the words to a book that I read to them when they were little. Now it is for Eli as well:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always.
As long as I'm living,
My baby you'll be.
i carry your heat with me
i carry it in my heart
i am never without it
anywhere i go, you go, my dear;
and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling
i fear no fate, for you are my fate, my sweet
i want no world
for beautiful you are my world, my true
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than a soul can hope of mind can hide and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart
i carry it in my heart
Sara,
There is so much I could say about you. You have such a beautiful soul. You look at the world in such an honest, heartfelt way. Your kindness and compassion are extraordinary. Your creativity and talent are remarkable. I feel such happiness knowing that you have found an equally beautiful soul to spend your life with.
Eli,
You have held a place in my heart for a long time now. Remember when I was in Boston to help you move? You took me to the Honda dealer so I could get the CR-V serviced before your cross-country trip. You wandered off to look at a car in the show room that you were too tall to fit in. The employee I was talking to asked if I needed the courtesy van to give me a ride. I said no, my son-in-law is with me and he will drive me home. In my heart you were already my son, but I'm glad that now it is official.
When I think of my children I often think of the words to a book that I read to them when they were little. Now it is for Eli as well:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always.
As long as I'm living,
My baby you'll be.
