I lack the words to describe this feeling
My sense of oneness with you
Who grew out of my flesh
And into this world
Making room for yourself
In our lives as if
You had always been there
On the edge of existence
Just waiting to step out
Into the light
We hold you
Folded tightly in arms
That we now see
Decaying
Withering as those
Of our parents did
Limbs curving
From old embraces
Into a touchless existence
You grow as we shrink
Such is the way
Of the world
But for a moment
I may yet hold you
Suspended in the bliss
Of a mother’s love
You fall to sleep
In my arms
I can pretend
We are still one
Cocooned
In this microcosm
Katherine Shirley 