Amnion

If I am 
severed then 
so be it.
A cord 
yanked from
its stump.
Limbs shorn
in the brief
interval 
between 
winter and 
spring.
I'll tunnel 
through the rest
of my remembered
self, trade
this taste of mud
and salt. 
I'll bathe 
in the water 
of my own 
postponed
rebirthing.