Holy The Begotten

Holy The Begotten

Holy the stirrups

holy the raised knees

holy the cervix

holy the spread

holy that hole

according to need.

Holy the resilience to bare

bear the poke, the prod.

Holy the cave, holy the walls

contracting, collapsing.

Holy the breathing

the in, the out.

Holy the force-

the push

or the pull.

Holy the gush.

Holy the labourers-

holy the compassion

in that antiseptic room

holy the hand

squeezed purple

holy the whisper-

you did great!

Holy the relief.

Holy a life

         begotten.

A graduate of Queen’s University Artist In The Community Education Program, Rhonda Melanson has been published in several print and online magazines. She is the author of two chapbooks: Gracenotes (Beret Days Press) and My Name is Mary (Alien Buddha Press). She also co-edits a literary blog Uproar.

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