They tell me that I’m choosing this
as though I have a choice.
Read moreI was pregnant once
Open Letter to My "Son"
Dear Kirby, It’s been 6 months now since you crossed the Rainbow Bridge; I am still struggling to explain to others how hard it’s been since you’ve been gone.
Read moreVACANCY
A hollowness invades my being.
Emptiness that should be filled -
BARREN
Been here before.
An old path worn.
Delicate
Post-it notes on the window
I step back from the window
having joined the group of strangers
in sticking up post-it notes,
Read moreThrough the Mire
A collection of four poems addressing the emotional turmoil of a cancer diagnosis leading to childlessness-not-by-choice.
Read moreYou, too
(Like mother, like daughter) I was born in Sri Lanka in 1977. It was a time when they called Sri Lanka a “third world country.” It was also a time when you had to be married to get pregnant.
Read moreA Thousand Years
I’ve worked so hard on myself – to build the life I have now.
Read moreThe New Kitchen
Table For Two
She talks, and her hands are in flight, they light
on his hands, her soft face, the rosebud’s flame,
Read moreWould Have
My hysterectomy at 33
How do I start writing about something that has had a profound impact on my life in a matter of hours since I decided to write just hours before the deadline.
Read moreOnly tell the people you love
Do all women secretly fear they're
infertile?
I did and I guess I am.