Friday, July 07, 2023

BEFORE YOU HAVE WORDS

 

trying to say everything before you have words

must be hard on the little babies

who try to express it all whatever they feel

in a multitude of cries and coos

the who are you?

not yet, who am I.

to form without the words

how the sunlight feels on your crib

the movement of toys on the colorful mobile

the fluff of bears the big ones staring at you

some lone tear from an angelic sphere

my Grandmother could say,

set you here

and I understood perfectly.

mary angela douglas 7 july 2023

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