A mother’s love
is not guaranteed at birth.
Genetics supply
only a protective instinct.
Postpartum depression
cancels both.
This is the way of the world.
God made it so.
To find perfection in this fact
is to stand on Nirvana’s cusp.
I see you hesitate to walk
into an unpolished pearl.
copyright © 2020 Kenneth P. Gurney
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