Damning the earth
Is it too late to leave?
Leaking from breasts
and womb
and eyes
Strength that should not exist
Cradling the earth
In my fragile hands
Doubt, emotion
will loom
consume
doom
I am not worthy
Gazing at the earth
Something so big
in tiny eyes
My fragile hands
will give it to yours
and help you hold it
above salt water
Navigating the earth
My heart now existing
on the outside
I will blame myself
for loving too hard
fearing too often
Failing and wailing
The happiest times
of my life
North and South poles
One does not exist
without the other
Motherhood is
My new Earth