Prompt: "We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete."
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| Navigators Tarot of the Mystic SEA |
One day I decided: no more Pill.
After so many years of
(what essentially boils down to)
hormone therapy
(three kids are a blessing, and also enough)
I started to feel like my body
my emotions
were no longer my own.
My last contraception-induced period
wound its way to
the end
and I responded by
not swallowing the next pill.
Far longer than what had once been "normal"
my body continued to expel rusty debris
a deep purging
a restoration in the works
a sigh of relief.
Nothing was different, not from the outside.
And yet I kept stretching my body
examining my hands
watching the curves of my hips
searching for signs of what I was
feeling inside:
an opening and release.
One day that familiar ache
in my abdomen
announced the return of
my blood
-now fresh, unencumbered
by chemical constraints.
We met again
at last
The circle complete.
