Fertility is such a loaded word…

For #NationalFertilityAwarenessWeek — a few words on a word that holds so much...

Fertility —

such a loaded word.

It carries joy and pain,

hope and fear,

the soft hum of longing,

the sharp edge of loss.

It comes wrapped in expectation —

that you’ll have it,

that you’ll want it,

that you’ll understand it.

But few speak

of the quiet complexities it brings,

of how distance can be mistaken for resentment,

how indifference can simply mean survival.

Fertility isn’t housed in your ovaries —

it consumes your heart,

it devours your mind.

It knows no gender,

no age,

no mercy.

Fertility —

such a small word

to hold so much weight.