By William S. Kilgore
What is it like with
life inside,
right there,
residing in your
Flesh?
To feel
physiological fusion,
as your life
and your child’s
Mesh?
I can’t even
imagine
that feeling,
the psychological
Connection …
That must form
along with an Infant,
mysterious
inner-spatial
Affections.
It must be so
utterly unique,
singular life
now rendered
Two.
The one,
wholly another,
yet, as much
a part of
You.
Then,
to see that
same child now,
outside of you,
Walking.
Then, again,
running around,
smiling,
playing, laughing,
Talking.
Face to face
with that one,
asking mom
for peanut butter and
Jelly.
Loving the face
of the very one
who existed
inside your
Belly.
This is crazy
to me, motherhood,
mystery of mysteries,
with greatest
Depth.
To feel your baby’s
first motion,
to then see
your child’s first
Steps.
And, there on your neck,
to feel your baby’s breath …
