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Irène Mathieu
convalescence / postpartum
dar luz: to give birth (Spanish). Literal translation: to give light.
“What is to give light must endure burning.” – Victor Frankl
every time you create life
you die a little bit.
the body makes its calculation,
ignites, then rebirths itself.
and me? rent in two,
arteries overcompensating,
blood spinning. hair falling out,
night sweats, unsleeping breasts.
reconstituting from such
rupture, the body is our teacher.
after a violence to the system,
it says, repair. repair and stand up.
not from illness but from
possession. yes, the baby had me
and then he cast me off,
became wholly of himself.