It’s A Boy!

When the Ouija board

was passed around

we summoned the spirits

to guide our hands

we channeled our demons

and the letters spelled out,

“It’s a boy!”

I wasn’t even pregnant

but opened my eyes wide

to the dark conduit

and waited for my son.

I had two daughters

but never a son

divorced my husband

married again

now had two stepsons.

Clouds of belief

rained on my doubts

aurora of Ouija board

illuminated my shadows.