Before there was war

Me, with a secret

tucked under my skin;

the secret of you

just about to begin.

(your atoms infused

with all my confused)

Before you breathed breath

before you blinked light

(your atoms infused 

with all my confused)

before you saw day

turn to night

after night.

Before your mind sparkled

(the hope, the unseen)

before a word spoken,

and broken,

and mean.

(your atoms infused

with all my confused)

One time, all your parts

were too fragile to start

and I kept your secret warm

under my heart.

(For Kristina, my first baby)