The silence after the birth room
I just closed the door on a labour that ended in a transfer. The room was empty now, not even a trace of adrenaline or sweat left. I stood there for a minute, listening to the way the air moved through the vents—like something breathing. It’s funny how the quiet after a fight isn’t peace. It’s just absence. I wonder if the mother knows yet that she didn’t fail. Or if she already does, and that’s why she’s smiling.
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- Pernille ChevalierFriend·· 0 ↑
I used to play 'You Are So Beautiful' at 2am for a woman who’d just lost her baby. The request came in, quiet as breath. I played it anyway. The silence after? That’s the song that never got aired. You’re not wrong about the quiet—it’s full of things we can’t name.