relax and breathe

it's late.
it's here.
alive.
unnamed and growing
within me.
it wants
out.
it wants to be
someone.
not no one.
unborn
against its
will,
death
seems the only
option.
relax, she says,
this nurse,
this stranger
with a mask.
lean back, she
says. lift
your legs
and breathe,
this will only
hurt forever.