Friday, January 20, 2006

Submission

You kneel, the fold of your knees pressing in,
the wail of a midnight train that parts my dreams.

There is no peace in the march of a tulip, fiery
orange into the blue sheen of snow. Steady

shorelines have no desire to defend themselves
from the crush of incoming tides. Yet you are

the face of the moon hung high on my thighs,
my secret shining. Your hands on my belly

tell me you no longer fear the invasion
promised by the smile of the Sunday sun.



This poem was originally posted over the summer of 2005 - I'm reposting it because - though it was widely misinterpreted as being a sexual poem - it's about Scotty and I coming to terms with this pregnancy and everything that it meant at the time.






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