make babies of your memories...

[RKGoodhew]

make babies of your memories …
struggle at their births
clutching in pain or pleasure or ecstasy
suckle them to your breast
bond with them
revel in them
feed and nurture them
watch them change and grow
age brings them back
sometimes in unrecognizable fashion
for in age they will be that sometime visitor
that will spark youth and energy
as you see how well you have grown old together
make babies of your memories
before they make babies of you …

written sometime in the 1990's