A Uterus Nightmare
Not an adult.
Not a child,
Not really a teenager anymore either.
I’m somewhere in between
Barbie dolls
And taxes.
Not an adult
But apparently enough of one
Because the moment I became capable of carrying a human,
I became-
Human.
But not really.
Only sort of,
When it’s convenient for you.
Not an adult,
But old enough to have children.
Not that I want to,
Not that I plan on having them,
But that’s all anyone seems to care about anymore.
The fact that they know
That I know
That they know
I can get pregnant.
I’m not interested in my uterus being a train depot
For anyone and everyone to flow through
Whenever they please
Because they know that’s what I’m made for.
It doesn’t matter if you believe
My body was created to create-
I don’t want to.
I don’t exist to bear your progeny.
I am not less of a person
Because I have an unused uterus.
1/3/18
Copyright © Carissa Marie | Year Posted 2018
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