your birth
was a seismic event
a tectonic shift
slippage, upwelling, subduction
thrown material
ground giving way
and lava
breaking open, cleansing, suturing
old scars
and abiding wounds
welcoming me
into a landscape reordered
your birth
was a seismic event
a tectonic shift
slippage, upwelling, subduction
thrown material
ground giving way
and lava
breaking open, cleansing, suturing
old scars
and abiding wounds
welcoming me
into a landscape reordered