Yavaria Ryan

Yavaria Ryan holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. She currently resides in Georgia, but loves traveling around the world.

“Breathing Life into My Daughter”, “Teaching my daughter how to swim” and “About the Woman Recovering from a Broken Heart”

I feel forty-six pieces of her
forming inside of me:
Her fingers dig into the underside of my belly
button, and her feet kick ferociously
for freedom.
In this moment, I want to yell for her
to stop searching for a way to escape this haven.