Edition of 1, 2022
UNRAVELING is a spoken-word, media-rich poem that navigates the turbulent waters of maternal guilt. To be both an artist and a mother, a complex balancing game must be played, one that inevitably takes time away from the child. Solace is found in artistic production and in the knowledge that the mother-as-artist needs her practice in the same way that her child needs her.
Exhibited during the Vertical Crypto Art Residency Auction, May 2022.
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Unraveling
As mom, I became writer,
present yet removed,
notably in the afternoons.
Now he is three—
descends
full
flights
of stairs,
selects
the word
for where
it hurts.
It’s hard to say if what I missed
was being miserable—
wooden blocks knocked
down
again.
Again, I am late for pick-up.
He jumps and shouts of what
he played while I—
I wrote about the new baby
unraveling
my inside.
It’s hard to say.
I allow
it
to hover,
the word
for
where
— for if—
it hurts.
