Core

Two conflicting emotions,

Yet the core, 

So the same. 

There I saw you,

Shedding tears for someone,

Long gone -

Still looking for answers,

For the questions unasked. 

My heart burst,

With all the love,

That the sheer protective bond 

Of a decade long friendship 

As I saw the tears roll down,

All I could think of,
And curse at,

Was the distance;

This space separating us
Across the continents - 

As we each run amok - frightened?

As I sat ruminating in deep, 

Contemplating life and love,

I looked around to see baby fast asleep -

Her innocence, her watermark. 

And I watched her dream happily, 

Of the many butterflies and rainbows,

My heart again burst,

With the protective love - 

That our bond commands. 

It moved me then,

To realize and feel,

The power of love- 

At that moment, 

Of that moment. 

Two separate entities, 

Two distinct identities,

With different realities- 

Yet the vector in me,

Driven by the core root

Of love,

To give life, a life.