The Little Line – A Conversational Free Verse Poem

I had no idea what it would feel like

To finally pee on that stick,
And have that second line appear.
That second, tiny, Little Line.

The tiny little line that keeps me awake

And makes me want to constantly vomit.
That tiny Little Line that leeches my energy
like the thing inside me that it represents.

I had no idea what it would feel like

To finally face the music as it chants:
YOU’RE PREGNANT! YOU’RE PREGNANT!
The Little Line has a voice after all.

I had no idea what it would feel like

to be depended on for life.
But before I knew it, I guess I’m here,
giving my all to this Little Line…

and the child inside me that it represents.