It’s one of those mornings things happening that create shock or simply

anxiety of curiosity

repeats

the story of mothers held in wonder the perfection taken in great gulps alongside

disquieting disregard for of course they know better but the attention is something after all

this

shattered with time

like angels or madonnas admire through awe filled eyes of a young child

this mirror becomes polished with reality adolescents then inevitable adult

hood pulled away

just like everyone else

and also spell

twice or three times

too many once as it goes

what spell am I under

called to break

free

that lingers yet

mother senses

madonna wanna

be my own

lying in bed pain racked ready to be dust

I find myself

again just

like

that