Glass Box

the womb of the
woman who gave
birth to me was

brutally cut open
with a knife scary
hands wrapped

in plastic pulled
me out suddenly
& put me in a box

...made of glass

it's said it feels
like an invasion

creating a sense
of unsafety for the

...harmless baby

reading about it
it all made sense

the nightmares i

had as a child of
being put in a box
and thrown into the

water or left behind
in a burning forest

...in a grey coffin

i'm forty eight and
i still don't feel safe

not in this world, not
in this life, not even in

this fragile body of mine