When I lie in bed, I make you be the shadows.
If you can’t be here in person, I’ll make you be the man in the moon.
If the darkened sky won’t let me see you tonight, I’ll make you be the stars
and the cosmos
and the galaxies
and the universe that separates us.
I’ll send you regards with a coyote's howl and a cricket's croak
and the sad sobs drifting out beneath Mom's bedroom door.
I'll see you everywhere. In the night sky. In the clouds on my pajamas.
In the trees outside my bedroom window. And the dust beneath my bed.
I'll make them all be you.
If you can't be here in person... sister.
About the Creator
T. Licht
I have a love for words and a love to share them.
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elegy for an unborn daughter
in my dreams, I have a daughter. she has my smile, warm and stretching across her cheeks like it will burst. she has her father’s eyes—soft and gentle—and his laugh. she is perfect. I give her a beautiful name, and she is everything I wish for her to be. she is curious, always asks questions and tries new things and lives without my fear of failure; she is generous, never selfish, but builds firm boundaries; she shows kindness to each soul she meets. I teach her everything my parents taught me. she learns how to read, to escape into a story and to write her own. she learns how to proof a loaf of bread, how to cut butter into flour and dust berries in flour before adding them to batter. she learns how to love, how to be loved. her life is beautiful, free from worry and filled with joy.
By Katherine J. Zumpano5 days ago in Poets
Comments (4)
Also, you’re at over 100 stories published on Vocal! Congrats!
Heart felt. ❤️
So beauitful and becalming!
Your poem beautifully expresses how you keep someone's presence alive. The way you capture longing and connection is truly touching. Great job!