#RendTheHeavens Day 4: Shut.Up.

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

-Matthew 24:31

these days are full of angry noise

but today i felt it inside my body
head screaming

a pulsing crescendo as the day went on
and suddenly my gut was tumbling

then hovering, tenuously

toes over the edge

ready to leap

i walked it back slowly, and there was a respite

but now this creature inside me roars

so loud i can’t hear myself think
i have to stop

i accomplished nothing today
there was so much i wanted to do
but some days my body is not mine
it belongs to the Progesterone God

who i will now address directly:
if you are just the trumpeter

and you answer to someone higher

tell your boss, i hear ye
i’m all ears
just keep the lights out when you come
speak softly
and don’t put any pressure on my belly

thanks

p.s. looks like i’ll be wearing sweatpants for the apocalypse