It seems to me we need a better word To fill the gap between the facts of what we say and what weve learned When absolutely damn near every mother that Ive known Has miscarried and lost a baby a time or time before It seems to me we need a better word It seems to me that someone needs to say As simple and as open and as obvious and plain Cause the shame is in the secret and the secret is the shame When absolutely damn near every mother that Ive known Has miscarried and lost a baby and held herself to blame It seems to me that someone needs to say Its just a word, as if she dropped it on the floor Its just a word, as if its something she did wrong It seems to me our bodies know whats right An ancient meditation on the chemistry of life A thousand generations casting blessings in disguise When absolutely damn near every mother that Ive known Has lost a baby and felt it carried off into the light It seems to me our bodies know whats right Its just a word, as if she dropped it on the floor Its just a word, as if its something she did wrong Seems to me weve all defied the odds Cause to lie among the living is to fly among the gods To share themothers heartbeat and to pass the mothers blood And absolutely every single time a babys born It chose to be and knows to be the holiest of forms Seems to me weve all defied the odds Its just a word, as if she dropped it on the floor Its just a word, as if its something she did wrong It seems to me we need a better word
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