Antaeus

Antaeus n. Greek mythology. A giant wrestler who could not be defeated as long as he remained in contact with the earth. Hercules defeated him by lifting him off the ground. 
It was Antaeus who,
 losing touch with Earth
felt his insides dying

suspended in mid-air
 everything seemed much more beautiful
even those imperfections that grew like unwanted naps in the back of the forest

had it not been for his own breath fading
he would have looked a little longer
with different eyes

not those of a child towards his mother
but those of a son to his aging accomplice

He always believed he was an entity outside of her

an individual

the ground he walked on was just dirt now,
he noticed how similar their features were
how her brown dust so much resembled his own skin
how mudcracks of drought reminded him of his own heel during the harsh season
he was so much like his mother

he wept quietly

as tears reached her
they dissolved back to the place from which he came