I carried you.
In a heart beat you were one too.
The beat of mine,
The first song I sung to you.
Through pain and a force like no other I carried you into this world.
My skin and smell, your first intuition.
Breathing beside you, as you breathed life into me.
With tired bones and heavy eyes,
I carried you.
With my sore body and full heart,
I carried you.
With an aching love,
our hearts whispering to each other as you fell asleep.
Though I will cry, and you will too.
We’ll continue to sail along,
the shore on a map, lead by you.
With this, I promise,
to always carry you.
What a privilege to be loved like this.
The sleep will come.
The shore will come.
So I understand if you want to be here.
With one breath at a time.
I will carry you.
For as long as you need.
Because you carry me too.
Artwork: Paigedhana