Now That I Am Forever with Child
Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
How the days went
while you were blooming within me
I remember____each upon each
the swelling changed planes of my body
and how you first fluttered____then jumped
and I thought it was my heart.
How the days wound down
and the turning of winter
I recall____you
growing heavy
against the wind.
I thought____now her hands
are formed____her hair
has started to curl
now her teeth are done
now she sneezes.
Then the seed opened.
I bore you one morning
just before spring
my head rang like a fiery piston
my legs were towers between which
a new world was passing.
Since then
I can only distinguish
one thread within running hours
you____flowing through selves
toward You.
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hmm... it's awfully quiet around here :)
ReplyDeleteHey, don't get yourself too excited now!
ReplyDeletewell, I have another 8-10(ish) weeks. I'm living vicariously through you! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing it!
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