Riddle

Could I remember you, fully? 

I will try, here. 

Do I exist somewhere deep and hidden from you? 

I hear your whisper 

don’t I? 

You are full of questions that unfold outside themselves into deeper and deeper sighs

A drop in a pond 

That ripples 

And bends 

And distorts 

And I know you too well, I know I do 

But you are so far away from me

You are echoing 

You are reborn and remaking yourself 

And I am always two steps away from you 

Yet never closer 

You are inside of me 

Who are you? Who are you?

And somehow you are perfect 

And I am writing everything I feel and I am never scratching the surface

You are immortal 

Etched in the caverns of my side 

Forever 

My body will whisper your name 

In the hollows 

And the creeks 

The little spaces where I allow myself to run wild 

I don’t know you

And I probably never will 

But I know your name 

And it is a beautiful sound

I might be afraid of you for the rest of my life and you might simply be a warm hug

My mama’s hesitant smile