Out There (A SW:TFA Poem)

out there somewhere there is a girl
with your eyes and her hair
with your hands and her smile
wearing the same sandy clothes
and bearing the same hairstyle her mother used to give her--
three little knots like the three members of your family still left.
she is waiting for you. waiting for a father.

out there somewhere there is a girl
with his eyes and your hair
with his skill and your fire
fighting with the same independence
crying to the stars that even if the world crashes she will survive.
she is waiting for you. waiting for a mother.

out there somewhere there is a girl
with your lineage, with your blood
with the same calling, closeness to the Force
only stronger, better, more
a girl whose face, scared, defiant
reminds you that the darkness can be defied.
she is waiting for you. waiting for a brother.

out there somewhere there is a girl
with your heritage, with your blood
with the same calling, chosen by the Force?
only younger, brighter, more
a girl whose face, trusting, hopeful
reminds you that you have not failed until you have given up.
she is waiting for you. waiting for a teacher.

out there somewhere there is a girl
who is not you, who is so far from you
and yet so close, so weather-beaten
but not quite broken by the world
a girl who refuses to take your hand
and then takes your heart instead.
she is waiting for you. waiting for a friend.

out there somewhere there is a girl.
she has her father's eyes and her mother's smile
she has hands that can fix things, hands that can fly things
she has the grit of a princess and the softness of a queen
she has her own, radiant, unextinguishable light
she has everything she needs
(love and compassion and family and strength and wisdom and courage)
she is going to attack her destiny
she is going to soak in the galaxy and let her soul grow green
she is going, not to be chosen, but to choose for herself
and she is no longer waiting.