Before & After...

Like waves that arrive and depart from the shore

I will travel with you after and before. 

We have traveled to the future and had a child 

Let us travel to our wombs again and be wild.

We have built a small house and faced the mid-life crises 

Let us learn to walk and talk again when our crying ceases.

We have let go of our daughter for her bright future

Let us cherish our childhood again without a computer.

We have fought memory loss and other old-age diseases

Let us step into college again and learn the skills that please us.

We have held each other in death bed and prolonged our last breaths

Let us hold each other in the wedding bed again and prolong our fast breaths. 

Like clouds that arrive and depart from the sky

I will travel with you before your birth and after you die.