Matrescence
Changing Body
What’s it like being a mum? You are my everything I am the vessel from whence you came You are part of me This vessel is empty What’s it like being a mum? I think about you all the time You are all I think about Each day I watch you explore your world Who am I, again? What’s it like being a mum? I hope you follow your dreams Sometimes, I dream of being alone But an hour away from f you is agony Walking to pass the long-long day They stop me to ask So… what’s it like being a mum?
Matrescence (noun)
the process of becoming a mother.
Separate I was afraid It would be unbearable That I was breakable I was alone Despite your constant quiet Scratching, turning, stretching st I was waiting To split in two For a bomb to drop Wondering Now I am something else And also there is you
Crowning Glory Marked and measured Monitored and pressured Coaxed Tethered “Push this way” Pushed that way Opened up Crowned Dissected And numb from the waist down