would I recognise me now
when I was then
do we leave ourselves behind
as we become
as we are aging
would the girl who hung
upside down on the jungle gym
recognise the grandmother
watching her grandchildren
as they are playing
are we matryoshka dolls
within ourselves
a chain of mothers
and children
we are carrying
are the girl,
woman and crone
threads of the cloak
that drapes us all
we are weaving
are we then
are we now
are we in between
do we see ourselves
as we have always been
Wendy Bremner
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