Deliverance by Grace Chia Krakovic
What I would give
to give you, child,
this broken pearl I call, earth,
this womb lacerated by
a thousand wounds, hundred swords,
a dozen thoughts tainted by the daily wars
of half-wits;
this blackened crystal of crust
made milk by a soft cry of your unborn voice: Mama!
Child, with this one word, you
salvage this broken mass, give it meaning,
bring down arms, make it whole again;
and I remember once more, why it is
that you are the one
who deliver me.
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