Dancing on the Head of a Pin

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

I was born
between two blades of grass
with serrated edges
cut my sac open
called for the you I left behind
I tasted air
thick and sweet
when endings were beginnings.

When endings were beginnings
thick and sweet
I tasted air
called for the you I left behind
cut my sac open
with serrated edges
between two blades of grass
I was born.

Copyright/ all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2020

(originally published in the women artists datebook for 2021)