Together In Beauty

Oh, Mama, it was you.

My first love affair with sound.

Hum of your cord umbilical.

Pulse, your heartbeat, chimed.

Mama, my first lesson,

In how a body moves.

Rock of your hips swaying,

That Motown playin’.

Oh, Mama, my sweet Mama.

And you could see it in me too.

How my baby teeth

Cut through the pink.

How my baby heart

Grew up too fast.

You felt it too, I think…

Mama, I adored you,

The way that daughters do.

Worshiped your direction,

Savored your shadows too.

Your beauty was your artistry,

Cunning, sultry, sleek, and sly.

Imagine how I felt it then,

When I watched you die.

Together in beauty,

Together in time.

The soft veil of illusion

Between your new world

And mine.

Together in beauty,

Together in light.

The space where I still weep.

In darkened moments, memories,

That whisper as I sleep.

Together in beauty,

Together in peace.

The field where lilies bloom.

In summertime,

Warm, glowing nights.

Meet me there, Mama,

Please, soon.