My Bed Is a Womb / ᎠᏆ ᎦᏂᏏ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏖᎶ

My bed is a womb,
the sound of the sea a lullaby,
and I a naked babe
born again and again
into the light of day.

ᎠᏆ ᎦᏂᏏ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏖᎶ*,
ᎠᎺᏉᎯ-ᎤᏃᏴᎬ ᏌᏊ ᎦᎸᏙ-ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏯ ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎤᏍᏗᎢ,
ᎤᏕᏅ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏏᏉ
ᎤᎸᏌᏓ-ᎢᎦ ᎾᎿᎢ.

*womb (borrowed word)

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.