when my mother was pregnant with her second child, i was 4 i pointed at her swollen belly confused at how my mother had gotten so big in such little time my father scooped me in his tree trunk arms and said the closest thing to god on this earth is a womanās body itās where life comes from and to have a grown man tell me something so powerful at such a young age changed me to see that the entire universe rested at my motherās feet
rupi kaurĀ (via rupikaur)













