melted

my snowflake

quiet
soft and quick
lasting no longer than a breath
when you touched my skin
the loving warmth
the safety i offered
you melted
i destroyed

snowflake of belief
you would not have been
had I not believed you were
you never were
not to anyone else
no one but me
they never knew you
they did not believe
you were only real to me
i brought you to existence

as it so often does
reality won
worked its terrible power
on you
my snowflake
melted

they do not know
they cannot understand 
my love
my grief
for you
my snowflake
melted

what have i done
wrong
right
worth it
worthless
come back
come to a place you never were
i will you.
i am your mother.
i said so.
you must.

please

six weeks
not knowing
believing
then knowing
knowing i lied
to you
to myself
believing in a dream
in you
my snowflake
melted