Launched

 

In January, 1944

the Siege of Leningrad was lifted,

Allied troops bombed Berlin,

the first Victory ship was launched,

and so was she.

Bursted out screaming, pushed by 

haemorrhaging,

Stuck in the womb

they said,

Unable to float for the last month

they said

Swaddled immediately.

To ease the terror

they said 

Mother overwhelmed,

packed for the bleeding,

floating away,

A blessing,

they said

Mother and child survived,

they said

Ellecee

Inspiration from

Good Universe Next Door

27. What goes up but never

 comes down? 
Your age. 🤣 Terrible jokes aside, 

ages and aging make great poetry 

fodder. Write a poem about a specific 

year in your life. It can be an age that 

has passed and is memorable or one 

that’s to come that you may be dreading 

or hope to embrace. /