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

Issue 20 by Yavaria Ryan

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.

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