It felt like birth
We had a careful, meticulous hopeful love
That led to a hard labor Ignited by heartbreak
It felt like birth the way I cried
In the cold I felt naked and exposed

Awake, alone
Confused, uncomfortable
And incapable of simply breathing
Painful and beautiful at the same time
And when I grew, when I found myself

I learned I existed still
I realized that after all
There is life after love