I Confess

I’m not done yet

I feel every woman’s breath

Before and after mine

During every moment

In every instant

Ever since my daughter arrived

Wrapped in a liquid gold

My body is not my own

It’s been the earth and will be the stars

It works and bends

Aches and bleeds

For the whims and cries of those around me

I think I’m slowly losing my mind

Like jellyfish bobbing in the waves

Could it be I’m not the only me

But a knot connected on a long string

A woman before and after me

my mother’s legacy

My daughter as our destiny

A humble bumblebee

Dripping golden honey

Drenching the world

In sweetness