how I became a mother

CAITLIN T . D . ROBINSON | OXFORD

how I became a mother is it because I’m a Gemini I learned Mom-love first in Sorrow Joy later

You both made me. One here, breathing the other far from us, Loving

I’ve always seen both sides of the wave as it folds under the sun unrelenting felt the befuddlement of kelpy strands the wonder-worry of their open fingers plucked up toes from barnacled bottoms learned to tread tread early taught limbs lean into the cycle make inconsistent circles lift chin to the sun hold the waves’ sway sway