I
Gave Birth to a Star
to
baby C
I
gave birth tonight
to a star,
Alone unattended
only me
On a dark
wooded path.
A
path that was lonely and no
Other
hands but mine, to reach
Between
my legs and grasp my
Newborn
child a star that flashed
away
into streaks of light.
I
cried as all new mothers cry
And
more because I scarcely
Touched
it never suckled it
Never
crooned to my star.
I
thrust my hands angrily into
The
face of the sky protesting.
What
am I left for my pain
And
my waiting, my burden of
Expectations
weighing me down
Expectation
growing becoming
Swollen
as firm and hard as my
Breasts promising I too would
Be
born in the season of birth.
I
sat on the dark path raining
Hard bitter
tears on the
Ground
Later the dim light
Of
my heart led me home.
I
had a child once I would
Later
say my child was
A
star that burst into light,
Became
a white image burning
Across
the face of the sky.
Oh
yes women would answer
A
star aren’t they all?
You
don’t understand I implored
One
long ago night I gave birth
To
a star with no midwife to
Comfort
me cool my burning brow.
I
had only a dark path a cool moon
And
my love to welcome my dying
Child
a star.
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