I am a pregnant man

Curled up inside

Laboring day to day

To set myself free

From the narrow world of my womb

From the world that covers me.

 

I am a chrysalis

Struggling second after second

To set myself free

And move about unrestricted

A butterfly in the air.

 

I am a bird in a cage

Groping night in, night out

To find that gate

That at last shall set me free

To fly over land and sea.

 

I am a pregnant man

Curled up inside

Fighting day to day

To set myself free.

 

                       -- Kwami E. Nyamidie