A Mother's Eye

When we first met

You would not look at me

The gap between our pasts and present

As expansive as a canyon

The North Rim a journey away

From partner.

North and South

Each side having its own story

Their own

Loss,

Love,

Pain,

Resilience.

Your hands are smooth with youth – not yet eighteen

Mine

Weathered, calloused from age

Knuckles thick -

You see me

I am not your equal

I see you

 My partner

When we hear our children laugh

We are the same

When we feel our child’s touch

We are the same

When we see our child looking back at us

We are the same.

By the end of the day

We looked at one another

An understanding bonding us together

Like the magnetic field between the Poles,

Tucked deep within each Rim

A Mother’s eye sees the world

Through

For

Because of

 Child.