I want to take you in my arms
Precious creatures
So great and small
Into my arms dear ones
And protect you
in such a way
that we both heal all this lack of protection!
Grief trauma
defense mechanisms
this numbing resilience
it is not mine or yours to inherit any more!
We are here
In love and care,
to HEAL the pain
we should not have had to bear
Pathways to love’s fierce protection
Out of grief, into the peace of holding you so close
Into Earth-Mother's blanket
Until she stops crying
only tears of sadness
© Tami Hay 2023
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Geoff Francis
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