Madonna

You are O!
she comments, as I pass her by
So pretty pregnant today.

Blossomed
they say, with a smile.
You have a sparkle.

Perhaps some women are made
to blossom
for naked silhouette pictures
empire waists
Pastel print jumpers

Not I.

Gravid, I am -
half-moon heavy,
full and round.

There is weight in me,
continents of curve and drift
a topography of breast
belly
thigh

Oceans within, wet
salt and dark
a tidal flux,

And deeply life, 
its reptilian shift
moving against the primeval
I.

NsB 30-Aug-10