fear flown
panic
thought-scurries
flicker
as neon-blind-flashing
fears
flame from their hiding
in soft incandescent
candlelight
shatter
through the coping frosted glass
smashing
mind door upon door upon door
pure
rampant panic thought-scurries
root
blossoms wildly rioting unbridled through
the rich loamed
soil of long held imagining
hidden
until this naked
moment
under this crisp
white
sheet draped legs spread
eagled in
this cold-compassion-lack-lab
waves of
pain pull me under
and then
I emerge
with you wet and tumbled
in birth
and panic
scurries across the floor as a billion
filamented
vipers to vanish
already
forgotten vanquished by the chorus
of our
collective cry
Wow! I think I understand this, but even if I am mistaken, the words are magnificent!
ReplyDeleteGiving birth is the most scariest thing one can do, and I think you captured that well, I also really like the ending,
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the rich loamed soil of long held imagining
ReplyDeletehidden until this naked
moment under this crisp
white sheet draped legs spread
Wow!
I wanted it to last longer...
ReplyDelete'coping frosted glass'..i love that line..and thought..coping is a powerful way to the end..or in this case perhaps a new beginning..
ReplyDeleteI am left breathless after reading this. What a whirl!
ReplyDeleteWhirling with Gary Soto
You birth such creativity, Pearl!
ReplyDeleteI love where you took these words! Excellent. (I was glad to see a few others wondered about the Mr. Linky format as I did. But I got here so I think I have it figured out)
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I never tried a birth poem as the experience is so oveerhelming, but you have really captured it & you also used the wordle words!
ReplyDeletebeautifully expressed and wordled Pearl ... I like the slight repetition as well - it gives the poem extra punch ... and I too found myself breathless reading it - not a bad thing
ReplyDeleteRampant panic yes, but unbounded joy too at being so clever as to give birth.
ReplyDeleteWonderful collection of words.
ReplyDelete`rich loamed soil of long held imagining'- Wonderful image.
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