milk and breath

in the light of the open door
i find you
not awake exactly, eyes yet shut
searching with voice and arms
searching for me

i reach for you and your cry stills
arms cling themselves around my neck

sssh
mouth to ear
sssh
mouth to breast

you latch on easily now
small mouth sucking it's way to me blindly
an ocean-floor fish made for this precise purpose
mouth to breast

the vomit smell of my shoulder
fades
the conversation left only a moment ago
gone

there is only you in this warm darkness
only milk and breath
and love so strong it eclipses all