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Distance

Standing, anticipating, yearning

So much desolation

So much abundance

So much affirmation

Can anyone see Me?

Pieces of me scatter, weave, journey

Pieces of you connect, isolate, encounter

How did we come to be?

Eyes welled up with tears

Excitement, delight, wonder

Pieces of me, pieces of you, multiply, bridge,

Sundered yet again

Resplendence fills my face

Discord drifts away

Sameness, peace, connection

Reaching, longing, together we journey

Growth, expansion, cultivation

Together we sculpted you

Pieces of me, pieces of you

Connect, melt, coalesce

Wide world; must I send you there?

Eyes welled up with tears

Fear, difference, the tether no longer holds

Splitting, tearing, fingertips retreating

Barrenness, darkness, solitude

Richness, promise, hope

The window is open

The heart is wide

This is a painting I did a few years ago, however it inspired me to write this poem about identity, diversity and parenthood.