EMBRYONIC ABSORPTION

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Dining Room 3:53pm

I rest My Chin

in The Child’s Posture

between My Fists

I contemplate The Greyness

of My Ocean

It’s All Mine

nobody

can steal It

away

I

will

hold

It

to

Me

within My Veins

within My Flesh

within My Insides

I Am The Salt

I Am The Water

I Am Here

in The Child’s Stance