Counting to ten

[Beardowulf]

I placed a moment out of reach, - connects to "those camcorder tapes" - capturing moments from the past that are unable to be touched
too young to explain the details
embroidered on its
white cotton sleeve.
Those damn camcorder tapes,
noisily focusing on
early modern medicine. - Reminds of me of recording the birth of a new born. This sentence is also a bit confusing, maybe expand on the "damn camcorder tapes". What makes them worthy of the word "damn"? "Noisily focusing on early modern medicine" doesn't quite hit its intended meaning for me.

I trusted it to mother
she carried it behind closed eyes, - Gave the recording to mother without her viewing it?
curved reflections pushing
shapes from inside balloons.
Pop
and the light that enters opened eyes
scatters into saucers,
settling like fish returning
to the deepest parts of the pool. - Pond suits the simile more than pool
We lay there casting quiet
as the battle tent raged above us. - These final two lines totally flew over my head

I touched translucent fingernails
so small, so imperfectly real.
Inhaled your sweet and perfect pale - Mother?
that deepened scent of skin revealed.
My breath spread incantations
that promised you our warmth.
The kiss I forged on your forehead - This stanza gives off deep emotions of the love and the connection between a mother and son
would only let in dreams, tell stories
of the worlds we’d weave and all
the songs they’ll come to sing. Cliche end - perhaps work this idea more. The idea here is good, just the wording is a bit cliche.

My favorite stanza is the first - It introduces the notion of memory throughout. After reading a few times I get the sense of remembering childhood and the love of a mother, which comes out in the final stanza. This is where I think the title "Counting to ten" comes in. Aside from a few parts that are a bit hard to follow, the meaning is well executed (if I interpreted how you envisioned the meaning).