Motherhood

 by Dana Djokic © 2006

 

 

 

That was me

 

Foregoing food for some control

 

That was me then

 

Tallying up the day's toll

 

 

 

On my body, on my mind

 

No one knew to be so kind

 

On my heart, on my soul

 

Carrying on inside a big black hole

 

 

 

That was me then

 

Crying in darkness, crouching in light

 

That was me way back then

 

Holding my babies in lieu of a fight

 

 

 

That was me back then

 

Bending and twisting to get everything done

 

Starving and fevering

 

Alongside a thriving daughter and son

 

 

 

That was then

 

That was me that nobody knew

 

It's the end of the labor era

 

With childbirth I 'm through.