As the winter days ahead begin to darken and draw down
\nI will slip quietly to work inside this golden room.
\nMy joy is twofold: in catching the memory here and in finding the moment of light.
\nEarly in the morning, this tiny space is shadowed; nothing more.
\nBut a west-facing window draws the evening sun towards it like a song.
\nIn moments, then, caught on the cusp of evening light,
\nthe walls of this tiny space are set aglow –
\nfilling my heart with surprise and joy. <\/p>\n
It was a small and plain bedroom;
\nmy mother brought us here, three tiny girls, new-born,
\nfresh from the hospital three years in a row,
\nto lie with her in the peaceful early nights
\nas she drew close the children she never thought she’d have.
\nI feel her sometimes, with me, here,
\nas I walk into the golden rush of evening;
\nfeeling the light drawn inexorably into this silent golden room.
\nI imagine her lying here, bathed in sunlight, holding me close,
\nwatching my chest rise and fall;
\nmy tiny fingers held softly close in hers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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