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| Anna Ellis Brown and Geoffrey Eden Grant, Day Two |
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
~e.e. cummings
from In Her Shoes, so shoot me, I didn't know it before
from In Her Shoes, so shoot me, I didn't know it before
Four years ago, my daughter was born, out from under my heart and into this world. One year ago, my mother died. Her heart stopped beating and she slipped out from under my hands. Tonight, my oldest asked, "What happens to your heart when you die?" As we floated in the glowing pool, counting the stars, (Mama, how many did you get?), I tried to give an answer. But I hope she holds onto the glow, and the stars, and my heart, rather than my words.
