Embryonic Rhapsody

I imagine you tiny—
two Q-tips long—
blonde hair shiny,
eyes bright as silver,
mouth open in delight,
full of giggles and diamonds.

You tumble atop cotton ball clouds,
bound through golden mansion rooms,
sway to jazzy harp strains,
flap your wee wings
up up up
over the rainbow.

Yet each vision forces a fresh flood;
tears spring up
from the still-raw void
you left in me.

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