the words we need (poem-it-out)

 

What you need to hear

is that you are so very wanted.

and have always been

wanted.

You have forgotten

arms were eager to receive you.

Hope followed by loss followed by

cotton dresses

cupcakes

dandelion crowns

a single silver charm

inscribed with the date

of you,

welcomed.

Even though those arms

uncircled and hands let go -

New hands

tiny starfish hands,

sticky with rice and sweat and juice of summer hands,

reached out across oceans and plains and oxen plowed fields

to find you

to pull you deeper in.

What you need to remember -

slip into your pocket to find on a day

of idle hands -

is the promise of a future

sea of hands rising up,

a universe of blessings waving at you

ready to greet you,

squeezing your hand in recognition

as if to say:

“We have waited a long time for you …

We are so very happy to have you

here, finally

among us.” 

(poem inspired by prompt in Poem-It-Out new course listed! images inspired by life.)