Tender held you from birth and weep soft hold “I” intertwine string cut and tied Nina Simone sang Little Girl Blue with morning dew we dropped two worlds pushed a(part) as we take a part of each other a dyadic trace down the line wipe away my tears with the touch of a mother sang soft ring-torn fingers red-blotched skin supple hands blue blew me away world broken and made you live a hard stone weathered by time ancient grip of love hold fast my heart before it goes away

chimera chimera chimera cell life cell love wound around never to be lost you stick tight stuck honey on your brow small movement care for you un(conditional) (un)conditional un one