Still-Ing Poem by Sarah Cotnam

if only i
could just be
honest still
then maybe
i could
be held longer
and then i would
know the place
i had felt
back in the time
when you held me still
back in the day of bread

if only i
could just be
motioned still
then maybe
i could
be more fulfilled
and then i would
know or think i knew
that i had felt
something
inside you
and i held back still
and i looked at you
and you held back
and i held back still
just to look at you
maybe i could
be more fulfilled
if only i could

back in the day
of bread and of milk
back in your arms