Motherhood (As Explained by a Daughter)/ Daughterhood (As Explained by a Mother)
Motherhood (As Explained by A Daughter)
By Saachi Sethii
I love you
and you, and you, and all of
you people out there: desperate
for Earthly loving, solid
ground beneath your boots.
But light cannot stay; This love:
it must brave us, but I let behind
a rabbit. Teach your children
to chase and play. Remember me,
and let it go.
Daughterhood (As Explained by A Mother)
By Saachi Sethii
Bluegrass. Stretch yourself
out across this great place,
and keep on. Your planet
is green, and good. Scatter
kidney beans on the grasses
like droppings when you go
amongst them, against the wind,
golden and dogged in the August light
and cool air to your thighs.
To remember is to take. You
were a sip, momentary grace.