Bigger Than My Body

Who am I? Woman, mother, black, skin and bones Who are you? Naive, focused, torn, scared, unemployed What do we do? Be silent, nurse, cry, explain, laugh, and shh Who questions why? You, me, they, them, us, what the ***? I'm stronger than the old me But more fragile than the old me I'm gentler than old me I expect more from the old me More exhausted than the old me Will I ever feel like the old me? There's more beyond the old me I feel bigger than my body Bigger than my body Bigger than my body Bigger than my body Who goes there? Midwife, doctor, nurse, doula, husband, wife Who will lie? Strangers, blood, tubes, stress, a number on the chart Who will survive? Mother, child, cord, mind, placenta, numb Are you prepared? Prenatal, postpartum, love, time will heal the pain I'm stronger than the old me But more fragile than the old me I'm gentler than old me I expect more from the old me More exhausted than the old me There's more beyond the old me Will I ever feel like the old me? I feel bigger than my body Bigger than my body Bigger than my body Bigger than my body Bigger than my body (bigger than my body) Bigger than my body (bigger than my body) Bigger than my body (bigger than my body) Bigger than my body Bigger than my body (bigger than my body) Bigger than my body (bigger than my body) Feel bigger than my body (bigger than my body) Bigger than my body