She ordered a birthring
Set with a birthstone of June.
I asked
Inside the ring,
What name to engrave?
Tahel
She said.
Usually, at this stage of the order
A deeper conversation takes place
With my clients.
I need to know
In what context to create
The ordered jewelry
And this time, somehow
We didn't expand in conversation
I was very focused on my work
In my heart, I felt
A strange fluttering cloud
And a sense of honor
Toward the ring
And toward the one ordering it
When she came to pick up
The finished ring
She told me
That she ordered this ring because
She had a quiet birth.
Quiet Birth Awareness Month
