Plentitude

Two decades past I slept in wait

I loved to stir; I needn't breathe

From this heaven never would I leave

Just grow and kick and never grieve

Make my form, yes grow, create!

Within my dream encapsulated sea

Nothing now could thwart my glee

Fearing only to be free

The Plentitude was mine to take!

Such warm love pulsing upon my skin

So much richer than one night's sin

So much fuller than a wedding ring!

Then shakes, tremors, calamitous quake!

I sink into a draining pit

Within a rejecting tunnel I sit

Helpless in a longing fit

The air, so harsh, my face it rakes!

I grieve for the soon forgotten past

How long can the heat within me last?

Surely death will chill me fast!

And here I am, two decades late

On my anniversary again I long

For that living vibrant song

Of the Plentitude from dawn to dawn

Of the voice in my breast called 'Mom'

[9-7-1992, evening]