I do not want to be a mother - 2023

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I do not want to be a mother
On this vile planet!

This pain is overwhelming!

I used to be afraid of infertility.
But now I am afraid of my fertility.

I'm welcoming, I find, the inability --

To carry, and to bear, and to raise;
To cherish, and to dote at every phase;

To measure; and to ground; to watch them growing;
To bandage knees; to comfort when they're yelping;

To hold their hands -- their life force slowly fading.

I cannot bear being fertile
On this gruesome planet!

(c)kRu, 11.10.-13.10.23

https://roshkakru-poems.livejournal.com/68280.html

https://t.me/roshka_kRu_poems/270


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