The womb

Life in the womb prepared us
For life beyond
We would practice breathing
and kicking
stretching
and receiving sustenance

It was clear that we were being formed
For what came next
One day,
We would grow too big for the womb
But we needed it
To make us ready
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Is life in this world, this reality
Preparing us
For whatever is beyond?
We are learning
to forgive
to break and heal
to love
to hold and to be held.

One day we will stretch beyond
this current way
We need it for now
But not forever.
We are gestating
This place is pregnant with promises
Pregnant with our potential
And one day
We will die
And perhaps we are birthed
Into the place
We have been prepared for.

In the womb
We did not know
Could not know for sure
What would come next
But we could trust the process

In this world
We do not know
Cannot know for sure
What will come next
But we can trust the process.