Mother’s Day has become that day each year when I hold in my heart all those who long to be mothers and who are waiting…. Here is a poem for you.
One day I shall look back at this time
At the waiting
And the counting
And the bleeding
And the longing
The trying
And the not-trying
The loving
And forgiving
And I will say that it made sense.
I know the time will come again
When my womb will be holding
The secret hope,
The possibility of miracle,
Origins so awesome
That only God can know.
But today my vulva
Is tender-lipped
Heralding blood.
And today is the day
I have to live
Right now
Learning to embrace
My own body and grieving dreams
With the fierce
Unconditional
Over-whelming
Mother’s love
That is present
That is ready
That is now.