I've been pregnant
With agony
For a long long time
So long a time that
I thought my baby turned into
A great stone
It pressed me
Inside out
I dragged my feet
Everywhere
My stone baby was
Not warm not soft
Rough and sharp
It scraped me
Inside
It won't let me
Forget
Exquisitely heavy deep
And hallow
Midwifery of Life - For Dennis Charles
in poetry