by Stacie Eirich
In how love is rebirthing us
In how hope is carrying us
Our Hearts a Chrysalis
Wake to your voice saying “Mama, Mama,” to your slender arm
reaching inside the blankets, body shivering in cold gray light.
Wake to your touch curling against me, to the soft, dark fuzz
atop your head, to you folding beneath my arms.
Feel the pulse of your heartbeat in mine, our breath rising and falling,
my cheek resting against the nape of your neck.
Feel the flutter of your body against the cold, our bones shivering
into the warmth of each other like caterpillars wrapping themselves into cocoons.
Feel the warmth of time unspooling itself around us, our skin
spinning slower, wider, deeper until the whirl is quieted.
Listen to the hush of breeze outside, to the way light
plays on the windows, stretching to meet our fingers.
Listen to the rustle of the blankets, to the movement
of your long limbs stretching out beyond mine.
Listen to your voice assuring me “I’m alright now, Mama,” to how you capture
and reflect the light, to your wings unfurling from your chrysalis, to the way you rise.
Tenderness
In soft slips of blooms
In cool mists of morning
In silver whispers of song
In pink presses of lips
In our arms encircling
In our fingers lacing
In our eyes wondering
In our voices laughing
In rivers flowing wide
In clouds breaking open
In boundless breath of skies
In limitless light of stars
In spring bursting into blossoms
In wings rising in golden sunshine
In our hands lifting to brilliant blue
In how earth is enfolding us
In how love is rebirthing us
In how hope is carrying us
In how we walk together
In how we fly together
© Stacie Eirich
Stacie Eirich is a mother of two, writer & singer who recently moved to Texas. In 2024, her work has been published in Kaleidoscope Magazine, The Bluebird Word and Synkroniciti Magazine. In 2023, she lived in Memphis, TN while caring for her child through treatments for pediatric brain cancer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Nature and the arts are light-paths to hope on their journey to a cure.
Find out more on www.stacieeirich.com.
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