Phantom Child
There should be three children
Playing at my feet.
An older sister,
The apple of her brothers' eyes,
Wrestling on the floor
Or maybe
Rolling her teenage eyes
As they giggle and laugh.
This thought hangs over me
A giant storm cloud
Obscuring the simple pleasure of
Watching my boys play.
Would there be two boys
If she were here?
Would they be these boys
In this time
In this place?
'Come, play with us!'
They tug on my arm,
The youngest pulls on my pant leg.
Not understanding the silent
Unshed tears shining
In my eyes.
Yet sensing that Momma has slipped away
To another time and place
Where they aren't the
Center of my universe
As they should be.
Published by Rachel Rosenthal
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