Song for Baby-O, Unborn
when you break thru
you’ll find
a poet here
not quite what one would choose.
I won’t promise
you’ll never go hungry
or that you won’t be sad
on this gutted
breaking
globe
but I can show you
baby
enough to love
to break your heart
forever
.
Diane di Prima, 1934-2020
“Song for Baby-O, Unborn” from Pieces of a Song
© 1990 by Diane di Prima
Photo by Ömürden Cengiz on Unsplash
