You Were Conceived by Warsan Shire
You Were Conceived by Warsan Shire

You Were Conceived

Warsan Shire * Track #13 On Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth

You Were Conceived Annotated

On the night of our secret wedding
when he held me in his mouth like a promise
until his tongue grew tired and fell asleep,
I lay awake to keep the memory alive.

In the morning I begged him back to bed.
Running late, he kissed my ankles and left.
I stayed like a secret in his bed for days
until his mother found me.

I showed her my gold ring,
I stood in front of her naked,
waved my hands in her face.
She sank to the floor and cried.

At his funeral, no one knew my name.
I sat behind his aunts,
they sucked on dates soaked in oil.
The last thing he tasted was me.

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You Were Conceived was written by Warsan Shire.

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