Insight, Meditations and Reflections

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More than twenty years ago, I wrote a poem called "The Pregnant Man." The metaphor surprised me but I loved it. Now, there is a real pregnant man, who was on Oprah early this year. A baby girl is due soon. Here is the poem.

The pregnant man

I am a pregnant man
Curled up inside
Laboring day to day
To set myself free
From the narrow world of my womb
From the world that covers me.

I am a chrysalis
Struggling second after second
To set myself free
And move about unrestricted
A butterfly in the air.

I am a bird in a cage
Groping night in, night out
To find that gate
That at last shall set me free

To fly over land and sea.
I am a pregnant man
Curled up inside
Fighting day to day
To set myself free.

© Kwami E. Nyamidie

If you want to read about the real Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie and see the show and tell photos turn your browser to Queerty: http://www.queerty.com/pregnant-man-four-weeks-left-20080609/

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