12.7.08

The Embrace by Kathleen McElroy

(Cousin Kathleen and her son, Malachi, came up to support for a week in July. Pictured right:  Malachi hanging with Lelong Amante at Bayonne Park)

Embrace
Embrace
Blood vessels in his fingertips willed into magnets
Gravitate toward this child
His arms capture
A warm and soft nest of air
Fragile lap and chest
Dangle from the strongest arms in the world
Embrace
Embrace