Emerge

A hand pushing out from under solid ground
Reaching towards the sun
Fingers stretching
Tapping each other
Wriggling

Pushing
Forcing a wrist out of the ground
Like a small tree in the fall

A forearm
Pushing down
On the ground

A naked body struggling
Breaking through and emerging
Through the desert earth
Gazing into the sky

Sunlight causing the eyes to ache
The ground burning the feet
Soreness all throughout
Aching shoulders
Aching back
Aftermath

Life born in pain
Life born in struggle
Life born lost in the light