Mother and Baby
What strange creature lies before me
Without a name to know you
So I could accuse you
Of leaving my belly so cold.
Some say God sent you.
Darwin mentions evolution
But you seem so otherworldly.
Staring at me with history.
Looking like peace.
There’s knowledge in the weight of you.
I heard philosophical men once speak
Of Karma.
Are you my mother?
Did I do wrong?
Slowly you will grow old
Just as empires do.
But for me they’ll build a pyre.
And I’ll set sail,
While the flames dance, snap, and crack.
