firstly just me 

knew you were here 

i felt you 

whispering to

me so clear

“look at the sky

so vividly blue

see mumma see

how i change you”

little by little 

your presence 

became noticed

this is when i learned

what i suppose is

the feeling it is

to love another

before i wondered

me, a mother

and couldn’t have fathomed

the joy and delight

through you i could have

in my life

extended beyond

my body itself

a life i have given

to give life herself

© AL 2019