Child

In the sun and I hold a glass to my chest; it is full of
blood and bones and the life of my child.

He is a thud in my belly and an ache in my breasts
and he is everyone and everything all at once.

He is playing in the sand in my dreams 
every breath he takes, I can feel it in my veins.

His voice leaves cracks in my skull and it rings in my ears
I can feel my skin growing older
with every passing cloud and I could never leave him
I could never stop loving him.

He is all that I have in this world.

He is all that I need.