Lycanthrophic

They came for us
In the Atlas Mountains,
while the women carried
But you told me that at the
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia,
there is an Abuela with Lithium
in her blood

And I asked you if
Mothering is a form of resistance
then how are we still oppressed
Is having a baby an act of radical love or defiance?

Because after the sustained
and unpredictable
pain
of birthing
your child,
I finally knew
what my howl would sound like
if I just lurked in the shadows
and roared
at the imperfect moon.