OMG Baby!

we’re balanced on the seesaw of Fate.

you never know what’s round the corner. Only right now is certain.

it’s thrilling, terrifying and exciting. Being part of something real, having the massive responsibility with no return, ever.

This is a moment I want to freeze-frame, to unwrap at a time far from now, when I’m bored on a slow train, in a light drizzle.

‘In my life I’ve often been glad you exist,’

In the half-light from the boutique his smile flashes a crescent of white.

‘All will be well,’ says the voice, and then, in a harsher tone, ‘Eat food now.’

I’ve become like some sort of sacred vessel controlled by an angel within, one that speaks to me.

Si embarazada.
Yes, I’m embarrassed

Si embarazada.”’
‘“Yes, embarrassed,”’ he translates