STILL

still, a word I knew but didn’t comprehend

now after feeling it so deeply, I understand

not moving or making a sound

up to and including the present

a duality in it’s meaning

stillness, the sound of stillbirth

still, as the birth continued to happen

imagine an ocean, motionless

no waves, no wind

still breathtakingly beautiful

stillbirth, a duality of an experience

overwhelming love and heartache in parallel