For Shari Poem by guillermo veloso

Before
Before I was bone, flesh and downy warmth
Before I mouthed mama and cooed
Before I giggled and laughed
Before I could run and play in the rain
Before I could open my eyes and see the stars
Before the first tear

I snuggled in the hearth of heart and womb
I smiled in the sunshine of your smile
And rocked to sleep in your lap lulled by your gentle hum
You may think I missed the rainbow’s arc
But your love was all the colors of heaven in song

Now we are apart
And tears pave the way
Yet heaven and I are not far away.
I am the diamonds pasted on the inky black
The thread that mends the grief with the memory and the forgetting

Oh, how heavenly an angel in flight!