"With this life
I give you love,
Love for your clan
As a mother loves her kits."
I was expecting this.
I knew what it felt like
But worse.
The agony flaring through was
Already there,
Left by their
Tiny paw prints
On my heart.
Now as I watch my clan
Grow,
I watch my kits grow, too
From a distance
My queen's love remains
And so does the pain
Of a leader who must stay
In her own clan, far away.

~Inspired by Bluestar~