Sleeping Son

My sleeping son is folded into my lap, face turned so the sweat along his hairs and the darkness of his lashes shine up at me. He couldn’t nap in his bed, his cough frightening him.

Silence. Sunlight from the window. Warmth of my son. The windows of my soul swing open.

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