Requiem

I'm alive
but blind
am I boy
girl
or seahorse

I'm an unknown quantity,
a secret
kept even from my mum

shrouded in mystery I grow
in inception smaller than a grain of rice
not enough to feed the tiniest bird
but I'm still alive

I can hear you singing mum
I can't wait to see you
I imagine
being at your breast
you feeding me the milk of life

I suck my thumb
it comforts me from
the strange noises
beyond my secret existence

I hear tears
are they of jubilation?
I want to bring you joy
when I materialise
from the pod
that keeps me
concealed

I want to form a bond
that is stronger than death

I hear you weeping
who makes your world dark?

mummy I'm cold, please
let dawn ascend on me

let me hear the chorus of life
not the requiem
of death