A Quiet Breath

let me lie

suspended in the amniotic fluid,

within the scarlet walls,

and bask in the warm and lush bubble.

i am alive, but i need not breathe;

i am hungry, but i need not eat;

i am blind, but i need not see,

for love wraps me up like a gift,

and multiplies itself into life.


then, the cord snaps and darkness befalls.