gone and back again

peace was fleet of foot

abandoning sense

anxiety,

like an angry bee

ran stings up my spine

my eyes somewhere

elsewhere

my feet still pointed forth

my son grasping elbow's edge

he brings me back

like gravity

places my head 

squarely onto my neck

and i remember

there is a reason

for my being

for my footsteps

for my focus

i breathe quickly

quietly

deeply

and bring my eyes

back to him

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