Revelation

Everyday she has loved you
there has been
a baby
growing inside another
your child
eyes
ears
lips
nose
forming
hands grasping
legs kicking the belly
you made
this baby
after her
after
her
and she did not know
that the whole time
she thought your relationship
was growing
it was something else
a baby
your baby
she didn’t know
until now
her head full
heart emptied
she has given birth too
though her love
nurtured now for ten months
is dead
gone
stillborn.