NEW LIFE
NEW LIFE








Silence. Slow hours. Deep breaths in an endless tide. She is on a quest unknown to her, yet her body knows its way. Relentlessly, her womb contracts, and she must give in and surrender. Endure. She breathes and feels the slow release. And wrapped by the warmth of the water, she rests and recedes to a place where time and words do not exist. She feels the life inside of her, and she knows she is getting closer.
Suddenly, a force takes hold of her - an intense urge, impossible to resist. She trusts her instincts and allows her body to push. A burning sensation appears, and slowly the head slides out from its cave. A moments relief. Silence. Both of them waiting for what is about to come. The urge returns with even more power, and she pushes again. And now, inexplicably and below the surface, the child drifts from one water to the other. From dark to light. It has left the womb, but is still not fully arrived.
She looks down into the water and sees the child as it breaks through the surface. The child opens its eyes, and the two souls meet. Observe each other quietly. They are still bound together by the cord, but the blood is a sign – soon, the afterbirth will emerge, and they will be separated. She looks at the child with devotion as it prepares to take its first breath.
NEW LIFE was produced in 2018.