Mother's Day

"How do you hold a broken heart?

How do you admire exquisit art?

How do you smell flowers?

How do you reassure someone for hours?

How do you settle down?

How do you sleep?

How do you touch sadness?

How do you weep?

How do you show love?

How should I handle all of the

hard, heavy stuff?

While doing all of these-

Humming and baking cookies,

the secret of her life, my mother carefully

and simply whispered to me.

"Softly, softly"

n.f.