Lessening

the gold is looser these days--

spinning freely,

threatening to fall right off...

cravings are for

caffeine & saccharine, nicotine & alcohol

so that 

the softness of motherhood,

the thickness of naivety

the weight of complacency 

are melting away--

leaving behind

a smaller, harder

place so that

the gold gets looser,

spinning freely...

threatening to fall right off