The time has come
To publicly confess
All my life
I have suffered and borne,
Periodically,
The wistful pangs
Of irrepressible,
Inclusive, compassionate,
Empathic
Womb-envy.
Am I perverse,
Or might this condition –
Though in most men
Still unconscious –
Be universal?
If so,
May each oblivious soul
See the light
And like myself become
A spiritual midwife.
Jerusalem
12 June 2018