Pregnant Pause

 

I awoke in an unfamiliar vehicle, with my husband at the wheel

As we drove, my life-filled belly swelled to greater and greater proportions,

each change in size bringing with it a different person in the driver’s seat

The further we drove, the more blisteringly swollen my belly became

On we trudged, with an unceasing parade of drivers,

not one ever giving me the wheel

The road began to rise and as we reached the summit of the hill

I looked to my right to see a severe cliff with splintered rocks

and angry swells of spume churning

Instead of beginning the descent down the hill

the car suddenly pitched right, sending the car sideways–

burgeoning me first–

down the craggy cliff towards the black water