Brave Enough

Fresh
Smelt the day
You were born

Heavy
The day
The earth’s suffering
Took him away

Too many feelings
The autopsy said

Or a world
Which just can’t
Hold that much pain?

Your tiny heart
It beats so fast
Almost as fast as his did
In those dreadful final hours

I hear your hearts
Beat together
Waking us up
To the breath
Of every child

Feel, little one
Don’t be scared

He felt like you too
Yet nowhere
Was brave enough
To receive it

I know this world
Will break your heart
But a messy, collective love
Will piece it back together

I can hear
Your future crying
Will help you
Grow gardens
From the tears

Can feel your
Future body tensing
To the realisation
Of what is happening
Am ready to
Rock you in my arms

Stay, little one
We can make something
You want to live in and for

Raw but fresh
Tragic yet beautiful
Heartbreaking yet
Lovingly interwoven
A world brave enough to
Hold everything you feel.