Looking

My mother is a young girl again

Photo: © David Whyte

Looking

My mother is a young girl again
standing at the edge of a field
near The Milepost,
ready to leave.

Across the field
invisibly, we stand together,
together and each alone,
waiting for her to see us,
her son, her daughters,
her husband.

We raise our hands
to catch her sight
but she cannot see us,
she is too young for us yet,
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