Recently published on phoebemd.com (PhoebeMD: Medicine + Poetry) as part of my article on infertility.

Broken Womb, Shattered Soul: Living with Infertility (part 3)

The Wound Still Waits
The bandage torn
From new flesh
Releases wails
The wound still
Imbibes air
The scab hides
deep repair
Let it rest. Wait
In time the scar
Records a fate

©Barbara Leonhard, extraordinarysunshineweaver.blog, meelosmom@podbean.com

Image: “From Beneath” ©Martha Harris, Martha’s Artistic Flarings, artisticflarings.blog