Some clothes are not just worn — they are entered.
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This shirt is for crossing a threshold.
For blessing the belly,
for calling in strength,
for wrapping a body that is becoming more.
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Soft linen, loose and listening —
it holds the mother in her becoming.
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Gifted during the blessing ceremony and worn during and after birth,
as hands anoint,
voices hum,
and the circle witnesses
the sacred shift from woman to life-giver.
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A birth shirt absorbs prayers,
catches tears,
remembers touch.
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It becomes a relic.
A map.
A skin between skins.