Færeld~
fareld, færelt, es; n. [fær a going, faran to go] .I. a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life
My sweet Færeld, Even now, her scent lingers
memories touch upon the smallest place in my heart
disquiet replaces the peace
She has gone again a-journeying
brilliant and sparkling
and I am thrilled to know it
the twin fawns visited me
in the garden at dusk
just after she left
they felt my grief, my delight
their spots, in the evening light
helped me remember
The tears prick my eyes
gazing on a photo of her
sleeping on a table as a baby
Reaching far into my happiness
to pull some comfort over me
on this chilly night
I will dream the dreams
of Motherhood,
of this darling girl
there upon my knee
close upon my hip
wrapped safe by my heart
breathing in the same scent
from the soft hair upon her
dear baby head
holding tenderly that
prescient moment
that spark
This is the air
that Mothers live upon
the thin air of love
heady in it’s slender breath
sweet, green scented possibility
like fresh cut flowers’ stems
A deep draft of it
is what’s needed to brave the storm
to brave the separation
To revel in the marvelous
in spite of solitude
to deeply inhale
the dear baby’s scent
and to realize, with delight
the woman.
Make a bold Færeld my Love
journey safe, be well always
and follow your feet home again one day.
~DJR
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