Newest daughter
born last night
with help from no one but me
We are far too high on the mountain
for midwives or witches.
The youngest of a long line of family
who came from Scotland to Pennsylvania to Georgia
to Alabama
Always hoping to be able to tell the next generation
You will always have food on the table
You and your children and grandchildren will live long lives.
No one will ever take your home.
You will always live in peace.
Newest daughter
born last night
with help from no one but me
I cannot promise you that
You will always have food on the table.
You and your children and grandchildren will live long lives.
No one will ever take your home.
You will always live in peace.
But I can give you this moment of quiet before the dawn
And this song to remind you
Of your first morning with the stars and the Earth and the sun.
They are all you or anyone will ever truly have.
Always remember their loving sound when all around you is cacophony.
And that they are magnificent.
Goddess in a Teapot 