Then:
No breast milk, no silk
No cradling, no humming
No squeezing, no perfuming
No praying, no blessing
No ‘prouding’, no loving
No running around, no chastising
No grounding, no hugging
No complaining, just listening
Just following, just indulging
Just watching and wishing
Now:
Stomach rumbling and squeaking
Swift aching and paining
Heart opening and closing
None offering a loving
Heart breaking and hardening
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia, (c) 2013.
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