Alive

We didn’t know…

And Yet we knew

How precious this moment

How profoundly true

We didn’t know…

And Yet we knew

How joyful this aliveness

How profoundly true

We didn’t know…

Yet we knew

How fleeting life is

How profoundly true

We didn’t know…

This would be our last time together

And Yet we knew

to inhale it all in so deep,

Into our center

As if our life could ONLY do this

As if our mama lungs knew

With each Inhale, exhale repeat

Our children’s breath wouldn’t last

Wouldn’t keep

That all their bodies would grow, change,

With miracle of every cell replaced

they would all leave us—

if not in death, then in life

Only love stays

We didn’t know…

And Yet we knew