What no one tells you about becoming human
Day 28 of The Seal: A 30-Day Micro-Memoir Series
It will feel more like the melting of a glacier than a bandage being ripped off.
It will be slow like permafrost thaw.
Bone remodelling and nerve regeneration.
You will wake up one day and find that you have grown limbs and organs.
Your heart is reddening to the shade of a Finally Rose,
an opening to hold your mother’s love—
Finally you will be a daughter.
A c…
