Dot To Dot

Mama that black dot You so lovingly put On my forehead as a child Will it protect me mama? From all the evil eyes! Is it the first dot of life That joins all the others To make sense of life mama When I see all of this strife! As I join my thoughts and feelings A dot I make to stare at on paper As words pour out, blotting ink The dots were blurred mama Till they took hold of my feelings Like those far away street lights Till I look closer, suddenly A shape comes into focus Those tiny dots standing in a line! And on that line my feelings stumble Falling over each other, words tumble My pen arranging them on a line As I put your black dot mama At the end of the line, a full stop! That’s firmly ends a thought And allows another to trudge in Joining dots were never easy mama Until I learnt to colour the shape within! 10.12.22