Both/And

Today, my chest opened –
and the world
fell into it.
 
(Not what you expect
on a Wednesday afternoon.)
 
So now I am a woman

in the world 

with the world 

in my chest,

and all that 

me-in-the-world

pales by comparison to

the-world-in-me. 
 
The world is in me now.

The world is in me now. 

 
Funny, cos I’ve tried 

to keep it out 

when – oh look –
it’s in me 

anyway.