Birth

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I sprung from
the comfortable oblivion
of my mother's womb

Tumbled out into
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I used to think I could beat him

Then he figured out my way,

He knew what I was attracted...

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That very split second
When it all began
What would I become...
Woman or man?

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DECEMBER SOULS: DAY 8

WILLIAMSJI MAVELI WRITES,

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Co-written by

The moment I cried with a stranger .

The days were long back then
Walking through the...

It was forty-three years ago today when I left your womb.
Your death has brought about tears,...

When you were a baby, still sporting a bib,

Each night we cuddled you and placed in a crib

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I wake up, my hearts still beating.

My dad comes in to say it before leaving for work.

My...

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A pure dew-drop is born
at the hill side;
A Savior in a rare crib...

Births first breath,
into life mimics violence,
Crying as lungs fill with air,

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