Okay, so I found two entries from today and I like them both so I am posting them both. First is my letter to Nex from the day after he was born. Second is a poem I wrote with Marx. I think maybe that was when we were visiting the Poconos or somewhere like that but I could be wrong. The poem was of the form where I wrote two lines, then covered the first line and he wrote two lines based off of my second line. Then he covered up to his first line, and I wrote the next two lines based off of his line, and so on and so forth. His lines are the ones in italics.
05/05/2012
6:41 am
Nexen,
I am listening to you breathe as I write this. You are a little over 10 hours old. You are perfect. Everything feels fine now that you are here. I feel oddly emotionally grounded (at the moment!). I told your father he could see you today. I've had no reply yet but I imagine he will come see you.
You were so strong and brave yesterday! You are very calm and well adjusted, all things considered. I can't even believe I'm getting the chance to write you already!
I love you my baby water dragon.
Mama
05/05/2018
In the autumnal sunshine
I picked a tree
A symbol for myself
Inspiration for what I want to be
Calls to me
From the wilderness
Approaches a hunter
Seeking sustenance
My soul grows toward the sun
And my body
Remains unexplored
But the price is costly
So the decision is a struggle
And the answer
Festers within me
Spreading like cancer
Or the wings of a full grown dragon
The eternal question remains
How do I survive
And what will I maintain
When the truth
Is at the bottom of the bottle
At the top of a mountain
Or the end of a throttle
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