In some rare quiet moments of these long days, I sometimes forget I am carrying such a gift

Swimming away, inside and out

Limbs ache, for every aching part is stretched to the limit and more - for us

I dive, willingly, into the chlorine-filled womb - to relate to you, to give strength to us, so you can get here safe and I can fight through this

Once in and surrounded by water, I feel as though my heart's come home

If they could see us now (the doubters, the weak, the snide and the pitying) -

the water swells and Thethys emerges...

It is no small wonder that I have summoned her strength

and prepare,

in the hugeness of love,

to carry you who carries our greatest, smallest world -

a tiny heart that's the heart of us

I drown my fear away