from BIRTH PAMPHLET Part 2
BEFORE
BIRTH, MY FLESH TRAVELLED
THROUGH
A NARROW PASSAGE OF TRANSITION
AN ENERGY, AN
URGE, A LONGING,
A LOVE
CALLED AT ME,
WITH SHATTERING INTENSITY
FEAR AND
HOLDING
OR RELEASE AND
SURRENDERING
WERE MY
POTENTIAL ANSWERS
MY HANDS
TREMBLED, MY LEGS SHATTERED:
I SURRENDERED
AS I
BORE DOWN, I GAVE MYSELF,
MY COMPLETE EFFORT,
MY BODY
TO THAT BIRTHING URGE,
TO THAT
MUFFLED ASCENDING SEISMIC
SURFACING,
BIRTHING SOUND
,
EMPTY OF AIR I WHO WAS NOT I
BUT A CONSCIOUS PARTICLE OF LIFE
BORE A CHILD AS INFINITE AND SACRED
AS LIFE.
WE FATHER-MOTHER-CHILD
WERE BONDED IN ACTIVE SURRENDER
WELDED
TOGETHER
INTO A NEW UNIT OF LIFE,
AN UNIT OF
LOVE
FOR THE ACT OF BIRTH
IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM
THE ACT OF LOVE
BIRTH PERSONALIZES THE ETERNAL CALL OF LIFE, THE CALL OF
LOVE
THAT
DEMANDS OF US
PULSE AFTER PULSE
THIS
ACTIVE SURRENDER
THIS
BIRTHING ATTITUDE
THIS JUMP INTO BEING
INSTANT AFTER INSTANT
WITH THE
BREATH IN
AND THE BREATH OUT
IN
THE MOMENT OF CHILDBIRTH,
PILAR FARNSWORTH, 1975