This Womb Like Liquid Honey
Tara Vanflower
Thick this mud surrounds me Placenta breath it drowns me Warm the syrup soothes me Flows the river into me Nectar-fed and pounding Throbbing belly humming Swollen tongue and writhing Pink velour astounding This womb like liquid honey Numb is the world around me Inside the honeycomb hides me Elixir life revives me The vessel limbs confine me The universe is calling Starlit skies vibrating I feel that time is pulling And I am almost gone