Embraced and held in liquid warmth
Gently mimicking that first home that my body ever instinctively knew.
My heart begins to race as I am reminded how very much alive I am.
Muscles ache and twitch and scream to move; to survive as they have been required to do for so many years...
Before you came.
Before you held me in these waters.
And reminded me that I am safe
I am baptized
I am healed
As I surrender into the womb of rebirth