The light is small but unyielding
Black tape and camera film ***, high school experiment
Needle pierces and injects a world of possibilities
Who would have suspected a pin ***** could swell so much emotion inside me
The initial pain not on my body
But he is mine
And he is safer now
The sheer fragility of life brought under sharp focus, unrelenting these past months
And with him protected I breathe easier
Hope is an embodied relief