It has been said,
rather eloquently by Fleabag,
that women are born with pain within them,
whilst men have to learn to feel pain.

nothing that has ever been said,
has ever given me this much clarity

i am in pain,
for differing reasons,
sometimes quite out of my control

my hormone profile
is turbulent and more often than not,
it succeeds at
pushing in the darkness
i will now spend a week,
waiting for my ovaries to leak,
and for the tears to run dry.