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