A mother serves her sugar with
A bit of peppermint
To clarify the passages
That carry what she meant
When she first set to bear a soul
Quite separate from her own,
Whom she would cherish, yet must teach
To live and die alone.
New style of proposing a girl: I have spent many sleepless nights in your love, and I don''t want my son to do the same for your daughter. So lets make them brother & sister.