Published by For Women Who Roar

“can you look at it” i asked,
without meaning
to say those words
my head was in my uterus
my womb was in my skull
he saw the panic in my blood
the holes in my eyes
and nodded
he must have thought
i wasn’t sure
that i needed him to verify
but i only needed
to not be the only one to see
and so he looked
and met me there
in the dark