Bride not to be.
Evolution rush
I hope to love my child
1 in 8 women experience postpartum depression
baby blues
how cute.
Healers in Covens convicted
The fear of motherhood between four walls and a screen.
The family tree is out of focus.
The roots have snuck out of the ground
A tripping hazard left us all falling face first onto the ground.
The ground which now carries the love we have lost.
The ground dug out and placed above, forming another hill in this bleak landscape, the soil still wet, tragedy is damp and young.
It is raining, slippery and slanted, I regret wearing my high heeled boots.
The silence is thick in the forgotten village which now greets you again into its womb.
Like a shadow forming meaning, a raven descends to join us,
landing confidently above your grave.
We knew that was you
and I am glad to see you have moved onto other things, into other beautiful beings.
Your family blessed your grave with red wine, chocolates, childhood memories and sorrow. I felt a fraction of their pain and almost couldn't bear it.
A sculpture of Babubo goddess and a short extract from a book, titled "the ugly duckling" was my offer. A book I planned to gift you this upcoming May.
You were the swan in a flock of ducks.
You are now a swan sleeping at last,
I pray you are now dancing your way
naked towards judgement
loving freely and completely.
yours,
all your love
A child is brought into this world, head first.
"An Ode to Labor Pains" dismissed.
King Louis had a peculiar fascination with watching his mistresses give birth. He liked to observe the process from start to finish and grew frustrated when his view was obstructed.
Anti-gravity babies are born, pulled out by human force. The shift to hospitals was driven by doctors who saw birth as a medical event, not a natural one.
Like a herd of sheep
we follow
no questions asked
laying upside down
inverted, stripped of knowledge
what is it to be a woman?
paralyzed from being skeptical.
what are our options
"it takes a village to raise a child"
where is this village?