Friday, September 10, 2004

Pregnancy and Being

It's different than I thought it would be,

Seeing mothers with their swollen bellies

In the days before I had mine.

I had imagined the sensation of weight

Would be all in front, but instead it's

All on top of my spine and pelvis.

Mostly it's a feeling of great compaction,

An increase in gravity or density or both.

I am struck by all the dualities of being:

United but Separate,

Heavy but Light,

Temporary but Forever,

Fierce but Vulnerable,

Confident but Trembling,

I am both Butterfly and Coccoon.

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