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November 20, 2015

Motherhood by childwoman is an honest and compelling piece of introspection that submits a counter-intuitive point of view.

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Published: Jun 26, 2014

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Maybe I'm just worried that my carelessness
Will follow me into motherhood -
The way I dented my boss's truck when I was 18
And then lied about it
Might mean that when the bough breaks
And I fail, inevitably, to catch the cradle
Lying won't be enough
But it will be all that I can think to do

Maybe I'm worried that the worst in me
Will become the worst in my child
The way I lose my temper with you for no reason
And then blame you
Might mean that when I show my love through a sharp tongue
And I fail, inevitably, to realise the damage done
Apologies won't be enough
But they will be all that I have left to try

Maybe I'm just worried that my love for you
Will be sacrificed to our love for a baby
And that there'll be nothing else -
Will that mean that we have died
And only a new life survives in ashes
Maybe it's not enough
But maybe that will be everything

I'm sorry

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Edit November 2015: Thank you so much for the DD (Lili, again!) and all of the lovely comments. I can't reply to them all to thank you all, but I've read them and it really warms my heart to know that something I wrote resonated so much with so many of you. Thank you for sharing of yourselves with me in the comments, and thank you for the favs and the watches and all the rest. It gives me warm fuzzies.