the innocence of loss
the innocence of loss drifting through you as you smile in confusion knowing i am someone who loves you who’s that you say as you point my way i’m patricia your daughter who will always love you are you the youngest you ask yes i say i’m the one in pink in the family portrait renee in red shelley in mauve michelle with ric michael with marj and sarah neil with jacquie, genvieve and patrick we smile from our poses next to the table where you eat your toast and drink your coffee staring up in wonder looking backwards and forwards at me slowly i tell you who we are where we live repeating our names over and over adding those who were born after this moment we dwindle like the light of a firey sunset you sense our love you stand still to watch almost in awe uncertain of us your belonging you are the sun we are the distant clouds coloured by your downing though darkness ascends the full moon rises stars splatter the sky like your smile shinning through the never ending night
patricia budd ‘00
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