The anticipation created anxiety
or perhaps the unknown resulted in fear
the outcomes so uncertain
immediate and unfolding long after
I am no longer a witness.
After the birth
the concerns had reasons
which quieted over time
watching with joy
worry receded
layered, barely visible, pentimento.
Andrea Moore Johnson was recently published in the Cervena Barva Press, August 2023 newsletter. She currently is working on a collection of poems about her neighbors during her childhood in the Bronx. Andrea is a psychotherapist and cofounder of Women Thriving, an organization gathering communities and individuals to work together to create an impact.
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