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This Morning We Were Sick Together

October 5, 2012 by Rebecca Reynolds 3 Comments

This morning we were sick together.
I heard you at five
stepping down the last four wooden steps in the dark,
barefoot and concerned,
dragging your striped blanket.

Something wasn’t right.
You knew it.

You crawled in bed beside me,
buried the fevered weight of your forehead
into the white softs of my inner arms,
and sighed.

I felt your muscles relax.
I breathed through the sweet sweat of your hair
and wrapped your fears about
with slow time.

With the room turning round,
I was too weak to lift my own head.
I didn’t want you to know that.
A mother should be strong with remedies.

Instead, I was still while you slept.
I held you.
We were frail together and close.

There are prayers a mother composes in strength,
though her truest are made from weakness.

“Father,
work what I would
but cannot.”

 

 

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Rebecca Reynolds
Rebecca Reynolds
In the summer months, Rebecca lives on the back of a painted turtle who wanders the night sky collecting moon fizzles. She is the author of the acclaimed book, Courage, Dear Heart: Letters to a Weary World, and can be found at her website, Thistle and Toad
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  1. Amy says

    October 5, 2012 at 10:36 am

    <3

    Reply
  2. CyndaP says

    October 5, 2012 at 11:48 am

    Lovely.

    Reply
  3. WifeMotherGardener says

    October 11, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    Love this, Rebecca. We like to say that He is strong in our “anointing of weakness”. Hope you both are feeling better!

    Reply

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