Mama says Om--Foundation

Feet planted on the earth
Wide, cause space is generous
Thighs sway
Heavily
To ancient tidal rhythms
Modern as yesterday

My mother’s murmurs
Echoing inside my own exasperations
And my daughter’s mewling cries

I plaster over the cracks of my stories
With astonishment that becomes
Stronger in the broken places

All in all
My all is all

Feet planted on the earth
Wide, cause I learned
From every loved memory
Dreamed in the inbetween time
I hold my daughter
Aloft
She sways with the palms
Swallows the moonlight whole

I am my foundation