Tuesday 9 October 2012

steps of separation

my own mother
my own development
work

are taking me away
away 
from my children
my family

oh the pain
the anxiety
the wish 

for comfort
forever

Yet 
such it is
steps of separation

necessary
painful
unsettling

Mami
stay here

STAY HERE

emphatically
while his gaze
locks into mine

I am here 
and there 
my son

oh but I know
the steps of separation

necessary
painful
unsettling

my heart is weeping

yet I am the lone 
figure
running along the beach

into the clouds
of an uncertain horizon
for me 
and for you