Two Winters and a Summer · The Art of Poetry

Two Winters and a Summer

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A Sagittarius, a Capricorn, a Leo

Two winters and a summer

Made me a mother three times

Lest I not forget the child I was forced to abort

Lest I not forget the miscarriage I had,

Bleeding through a practical exam in nursing school

But so afraid to leave class because

I was trying to create a future for the children I had

I let myself bleed out

I failed the test

And every day I feel it’s another test

And I’m scraping this life by its sides

And just like that

I’ve been a mother for eighteen years

And just like that

I have the same fears

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