miscarriage
/ˈmisˌkerij,misˈkerij/
noun
“the spontaneous loss of a woman’s pregnancy.”
My stomach is now distended / Bearing new blood
Soon, you will be brought into this world / Like
a bud unfurling, becoming a blossom / But you
had not yet begun to uncurl yourself from the
soil of the womb / For now, you sit snug / Your
petals remain shut tight, blocking out the world It
was winter, / snow fell gently outside / But we
were warm / Safe / The moon had risen high / Its soft light
cast an eerie hue onto the room / It felt secure /
The time was midnight / New blood quickly began
to rot / A once beautiful budding flower began to wilt. Its
red petals seeped out of me / Staining the grass green of
my gown a muddled red / Seismic pains shook me to my
core / Your roots were stripped from me without so much
as a goodbye / You hadn’t had the chance to flower. / Your
circle of life, cut short too soon / I watched as your petals
fell to the ground, seeping back into the earth / & as I
watched the petals dissolve
& discolor the dirt, I found that a hollow ditch laid in your
wake–
