Collecting honey

Of dreams
Nurtured
but not yet realised,
For the loved child
whose wings
were seized
Mysteriously

When more determination and assessments,
Speechies, physios and occ therapy
are not enough,
Fair child has stopped,
Regresses, slowly progresses

When there is finger-pointing
By those in authority,
When many hoped-for milestones
Have a recurring ‘not good enough’ theme

Parental love is magnified,
Torched,
Endlessly yearns,
It reclaims
Resurfaces, begging,
Where can my child and I dance
Happy orbital dreams!
beyond developmental trajectories?

I deflect ignorant stares,
Nurse my pride with emergency care
I predict nothing, mercifully,
Hear the trumpets heralding each new day,
Pick up the bucket wistfully,
I go and collect the honey.

 

© Silvia Manuela