I'm Fine! What if instead of my mind It was my leg that broke And instead of racing thoughts I just had a hacking cough? Holding my breath Shaking my head Laughing but my eyes swollen shut Now I see it all My svelte body Half moon eyes Toothless smile Through the perilous night Proved that I was still here Now I’m like sequins in the sky Laughter bursts out of my core My belly aches And it jiggles! What if instead of saying “I’m fine” My skin turned, blue, then purple, then g

Before I had children. After I gave birth to two. B.C. and A.C. Was there a time before I became a mother? I don’t remember Not in the...

I pushed and pushed A scream that echoed to the depths of the ocean hand in my partner’s hand I felt a slither schloop and something warm...

In one single moment all a person’s cells and memories can detach and reassemble in another place, in another time. I’ve witnessed it....