October 22, 2007

for Zoe

I could not let you see and so I did not cry
when you slipped a youthful hand into mine,
its mate that so firmly gripped your mother's--

and I saw your tiny body
suspended in the gap between parting galaxies,
straining to pull the universe together again.

2 comments:

Janice Thomson said...

Gosh this is so heartbreaking. It is so hard for children to understand isn't it. A very poignant write David.

David, by the lake said...

Thank-you, Janice.