Week 39 Fortnight From Fruition
The first and last trimester of a pregnancy, physical or symbolic
Come with their unique discomforts and challenges
In this quest to birth a new life, a new future.
In this ninth month of pregnancy I am tired, embattled, awed
By this human vessel supporting what it was asked to serve
A vessel oft discarded and discounted by mystics and gurus
Who came from their mothers’ human vessels.
At times I am afraid and full of doubt
Even when others before me have done
What I am about to do.
I could do this alone and yet I have learned
That a partner and a friend
Are essential to soloists like me,
Like Vasudeva and Govinda to Siddhartha.
Originally written November 2007
Updated and revised November/December 2008
Week 39 out of 40 in the series, Journey through the Heart Mind
