Emerging into this place
Ripped from all we know
Stripped of every comfort
We grasp for the Familiar
The dull, consistent beat
Now silenced, replaced
With cacophony
Warm darkness, once cozy
Now cold, piercing.
Light.
Mother we know
Mother provides
Mother is
Gone
In blood. In agony.
Separated
The universe dies
Everything falls away
Is destroyed
By deafening, blinding chaos
Something enters, invading
Breathed in, not given
Oxygen
Breathed out
We claim our voice
Autonomy
Alone
We are held
Close once more but
Different, swaddled
Not carried
Our small body contains
Kinetic energy, tightly bound
Enormous power
It may break free
Our world is gone
Our world is
Lain before us
Larger than before
A familiar voice speaks
Sings
A new voice, from
Within
Thrust out
Shapes and color
Sound
Swimming, swirling
Music, a pillow
Sight. The light
No longer hurts.
Perhaps ending
Begins us