For Amanda - 4/2001

Written 4/24/2001. I wrote this for my daughter, who was 6 at the time (still my baby).

The Dance

Round and fertile like the Earth years ago
I grace the stage as if I am the star of the show
Imagining what you’ll look like, curve and line
When I first know of you, I remember hearing a symphony for the first time
My body danced with rivers for two
Uniting as one
A perfect pas de duex
I whisper quiet verses for never again will you be so near
Remember, out of all beings
I’ll love you the most, my sweet, baby, dear
Once round and fertile like a long time ago
Now lips kiss over each finger and brush each toe
Heart full of what my belly once knew..for
I was your stage and the music was you.