For A Little While

For a little while, I was their mother
and they reached for me in the night
let me smell the scent of sleep on their skin
and allowed for countless kisses in the mornings.

For a little while, I was more than one
listening for heartbeats, feeling them move
how I swelled under life multiplying
when I was this awesome organism of two.

For a little while, they were mine
helplessly dependent, unable to move
only able to love, to grow
tied to me, through invisible gravity.

For a little while, we ran side by side
discovering all there was and more
reliving all the little wonders of the world
then retreating, safely, to our haven.

For a little while, I was their mother
but they were never mine to keep
why, then, would I spend it
chasing after the other pleasures of the world.