Finding Daisies

by Jessica Jocelyn

who I was before you were born became irrelevant with each surge of pain. we moved in a dance only you and I could understand.

I wasn’t sure if I would have children until one day, there he was. the first time he called me mama was the first time I had ever felt safe. I spent my life trying to squeeze into places where I wasn’t quite sure I fit let alone belonged. and here he was, my fleshly earth-side home.