All that you already are

for all that i am, all that i was, and all that i'm going to be.


Your little feet press
a rolling wave,
noting with one move
that inexplicable brought by night's sea.

Say hello to the universe.

Mommy has a purpose.
more than the million steps
she's walked to the sand--
intent on her breath,
awe in her guise.

What your eyes will shine.
brightness of immeasurable moons,
the reflection and tug
of tides of my being.
May too, they twinkle like daddy's
but capture the light all their own.

With one blink, our world will turn.

Mine has turned on its axis,
water merging into land;
each continent of experience
shifting and colliding
for your soul in my belly.
your golden molten of Ipseity
swirling in cradling palms
until you're ready to sip
and emerge from water.


e. chayes
(erica chayes wida)