lying within earth’s immortal womb
moist muscle pulsating
I laboured to be smaller
she implored me to be mightier
contractions fierce she carried
me upon the wayward wave
all wretchedness of mankind
readying for the next stricken swell
all humanities aspirations
I began to pant
she swathed me in soothing winds
and upon my cracked lips dabbed
uncivilized raindrops flavoured in rainbows
bathed me with rays of sun
and murmured with conviction ~ believe
spent I lay there vulnerable
releasing others expectations
and more important, those of my own
automatically I reached for the umbilical
cord, now dried, dust to dust
corpus uteri I had become
instinctively protective gathering
the daisies, art, clouds, the witty
the children and the lonely
within my universal womb
who was nourishing who
now did not matter
all I had to do was believe
published 2013 May
Beautiful Women Unleashed
by Lipstick Press
Beautiful Women Unleashed from Lipstick Press
Meet Mago Contributor Paula Lietz.