Sunday, June 1, 2008

PIECES OF MY SELF -Reflections on Being a Mother



I'll start from my heart
A place to house my two pieces
They were thrown to the universe like seeds

I tried to provide a good earth so they could grow strong
And after that nothing would be in my control

They would be the positive and the negative
The water and the fire
The gentle wind and the powerful thunder
The two sides of myself

It's a never ending job to be a mother
One is close, the other far away
Both are together where everything started
The heart is bottomless
The love is endless
The taste of "saudade"* cannot be described
By just saying that I miss you both

Katia Grigsby 2006 © All Rights Reserved
Encinitas, CA  05/13/06


*Saudade is a word that alone exists in the Portuguese language. Cannot be translated but only experienced.


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