Quiet Cave
A daughter is a quiet cave
in a father’s chest,
where light descends.
Here— he seeks remedy
for knotted shoulders and steaming skin
for the droning within his skull.
Here, his burden is spun and twisted into threads,
then woven into a warm Yemeni cloak.
Here, he uncovers
blue bruises from pelted stone,
a swollen lip from hurled debris,
wounds on scars and damaged bone.
This is where he sobs and where she mends
with gentle hands and words of strength.
When does a daughter become a mother?
A daughter is the veiled part
of her father
that no one will ever know.
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