Infertility Series

                         The desperation, pain, and humiliation of infertility are so profound

                          that the inadequacy of words is welcomed by a culture that dares not speak of it. 

                          As the amaryllis bloomed and withered in my home, I found a silent companion

                          to the doomed struggle I imagined taking place in my own body to produce a viable egg,

                          accept one willing sperm, and allow them to take hold in the warmth of my flesh and grow.