little can be said that resonates
little can be said that is of comfort
little can be said that goes beyond cliche
little can be said that reaches across years and distance – the divide of time and life
nothing I can say expresses how I feel
little can be done
little can be done that will make a change
little can be done to give peace
little can be done in absence, across years and distance – the divide of time and life
nothing I can do expresses how I feel
.
inside my head plays the imagined horror of what happened to you
I cannot stop
as if my mothering instinct has flipped a switch
a parallel life forever bound to what happened to you
and alongside me, I am sure
mothers and daughters, everywhere
feel with you
for you
while we know that little of this can make a change
we pray that in humbled multitude our little can become enough
Love
to sustain you
now and forever more…
Pictures taken at the Fairchild Gardens, Miami, December 28th 2011
The undertow is like a deep dark hole in the ground, you express so well the empty scorching pain, I am truly shaken at the merest shiver of thought if I dwell on this.