Did We Say Yes?

I am the flesh that bore your soul

the smile you saw when first

your tiny eyes adjusted to the light

outside my womb.

Who are we, the two of us

so blessed to be given a chance to love

and this game of life to share together?

Was it a lottery of some kind the angels drew

above the clouds or a puzzle

that our two pieces made complete?

Did we each say yes, when asked the questions . . .

"Are you ready to suffer for someone else?

Do you know what it means to love until you die?"

We must have nodded or whispered

quite unsure, yet willing to smash through the cosmos

and land here in this tiny speck of earth together

mother and child.

.

I know, for me, it was by far

the brightest moment of my existence

and none since then could ever compare

to the moment I felt you alive inside

and knew that you were mine.

Joanne Cucinello    2013