Maternal Memories

I am told that I will forget,
How it feels right now,
To be a vessel for
Something so important
As another’s total life.
It is said I won’t remember
The feelings and emotion
Total responsibility, not just for me.

That every movement thrills me,
How I’m scared of all I do
And the worries of beliefs
Should I cause a harm to you.
The love which suffuses all thought
Could surely not be lost to me.
How can I possibly forget
How you react to every mood,
Moving to my tone and colour.
Always so intimately part of me
As one, we are two together.
Until, at once, a violent act
Will tare us both asunder.

I can’t believe I can forget
The wonder that I feel
When I feel you move.
The marvel that you choose
The moments when I still
The strange tumbles
Flutterings when I stand
Then motionless, there you lie
As I continue on my way.

The feelings of perfect completeness
That this is the way that things should be
Will surely not fade from remembrance
No, not ever go away.
The moments that I treasure now;
The music that we embrace
Knowing that you hear me now
That you can learn my voice.
Surely these thoughts will never go

Lest I forget, I feel it now
So I write down quickly
As memory begins to fade, Already!
It has been but seven hours
Since you emerged from within
And announced your presence in the world,
And yet the memory fails.