VAGINAL PAIN

-
The joy of motherhood
Starts from when you first hold your child
I’ve heard many women describe how all the pain
Of childbirth vanishes once you hold the child

What if you don’t get to hold
The child
What if the child passed away before birth
Can you imagine the pain
Pain upon pain

For months, whatever you will do
To heal the vaginal pain,
Reminds you of your loss
No comfort
No comforter
Only sorrow
Pure sorrow

What can anyone say
To ease your pain
Until another child arrives
You’re in constant turbulence
Imagine it was your first pregnancy
No other child to ease your pain
The joy of motherhood
Turned otherwise

How do you heal from the loss of a loss
How do you force yourself
To forget
At least for a few minutes or hours

People have known pain
I have known pain
But there is no pain worse than the pain
Of a painful loss
 Ignited by vaginal pains
It’s just so painful

              YUSSIF AHMED IBN YUSSIF
               ahmed.yussiph@gmail.com

Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 14, 2020 at 1:15 PM

    Very very reasonable. Shutout to all woman's and also pray for their comfort

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PERPETUITY

-
My religious beliefs sidestepped Not a good idea, I know But let’s do this Some say it’s the end of the world I say, maybe it’s just the beginning of it Maybe God is preparing a whole new generation to take over I mean, there are scriptural connotations to suggest so But, …………………….. Fill in the blanks I want to see my friends again I miss them People are dying People are dying Some have recovered and others are still recovering Some are also getting sick We are to practice social distancing Self-isolate Quarantine It’s a whole new world of superficial practices I see two possibilities Maybe, this new world is perpetual Maybe it’s just temporary Even if there comes a cure for this claw-clenching, deadly fisticuffs punching coronavirus Can we really come back to our old selves What if we are to remain this way to prevent getting infected Sure there may have been a cure for it But would you risk getting infected I pray this w
Read more

QUENCHING THE DESIRE TO DRINK; SAVE THAT PREGNANCY

-
In many African homes, marriages have broken due to pregnancy and birth issues. Usually, the blame is shoved down the woman’s throat. Either she is unable to conceive or miscarriage has always characterized the aftermath of her conception. It is an unfortunate reality yet many women ignorantly or otherwise continue to indulge in the very factors that catapulted their miscarriage. Miscarriages happen quite often to many women in Ghana. According to a 2017 health data, more than 10% of pregnant women experience miscarriages. One of the foremost causes of miscarriages is alcohol intake during pregnancies – the focus of this essay. The menace also happens due to many other factors like infection, hormonal imbalances, age, uterine abnormalities, etc. There is a strong relationship between alcohol intake while pregnant and miscarriage. In fact, statistics suggest that drinking even small amounts of alcohol while pregnant has a 19% chance of terminating the pregnancy. There is a notio
Read more

PRICKLY PRIDE

-
Ghana, the doctor of digitalization How your inhabitants are reaping its benefits All the way to suffocation Don’t you feel its fragrance   Oh Ghana, high praise indeed How that has rendered us rancorous Now we’re in need Of the surplus of the perceived generous   Dashing in haze Kneeling at feet in pride Is it just a phase Just like the looks of a bride   Or should we go back to the dark days Far from these ember days  
Read more