Propinquity

pro·​pin·​qui·​ty
noun
1. nearness in place; proximity.
2. nearness of relation; kinship.

Listen here

This is the system of trees
reaching miles long and mingling underground
Surfacing to the sun and dipping back down
for the new unfurling bud

This is the song that plays every night
cross the ocean and far from home
Keep your head up, now don't forget where you came from
Melodies will bring you through

This is the child that clings to its mother
and the mother that clings to her child
even when every sentiment is dried up
by the slow gutting of love

And all that remains is the promise she made
to be there again at morning light
even when all her tenderness, exhausted
in mundane propinquity