The Mother's Life

 

For Nomzamo  
 
who ended her brilliant life on the 8th of April 2021
 
All unborn life is sacred
they say except
in case of rape or incest
or when the mother's life is at risk
 
Then you may kill the child
who would want to carry that
product of violence
that evil spawn
for nine months
push it out between your legs
 
Would you?
 
Some of us, ill-conceived yet unaborted,
Eros and Thanatos in constant tug-of-war
 
You sentence us to death a thousand times
then mourn when we kill ourselves
 
 
 

 
 
 ❤
 
 

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