double strands
if I put words on paper
amitosis will begin
constricting and breaking until
mother becomes child
child becomes stranger
where were you when
recognition slid backwards
were you holding her hand
were you reaching through brine
pulling her to surface pushing
that first breath into lungs
what were the days the hours
what were the places where
do the pieces go when they fall
do they twist replicate do they
form lyrical lines where is the
life that we lived why does
child become stranger
mother become child
where do the pieces go
when they fall