Reminders

I had forgotten how peaceful you

used to look when you slept;

the way your arms flapped wide open;

how you clenched that tiny

hand around your thumb.

I had forgotten the way your little ears

tucked into that first knit cap;

the white one with the pink and blue thread throughout,

made for you with love by the hospital volunteers.

I had forgotten the way your lower lip,

so perfect and pink,

would sink in when your mouth was closed;

how you'd lift and readjust your head

until you found the perfect place to fall asleep.

To the anger and the loss and the hurt

I had forgotten so much;

until you reminded me.

You put this picture in front of me

and I remembered it all.
 ~Kristin Binder