A Child Is Born
pain, like I'd never known
had taken over my
body
my mind
all that I had planned
all
my previous ideas
of how childbirth would
proceed
were forgotten
all that mattered was
that my body was being grabbed
twisted from the
middle
like a gigantic hand
gripping
mercilessly
all I could do was
ride with the wave
of each new pain
as it rose higher
and
harder and stronger
and try to remember the
real reason for all this pain
for within my womb
was a child
who had grew
who had been
nurtured
from my own flesh and blood
and now he
was ready
to emerge
and my body was ushering
him out
with each pain
with each push
with each drop of sweat
with every drop of blood
i was getting
an hour
a minute
a
second closer
to holding this new life
and when
i finally saw him
when i laid him on my belly
all the months of waiting
all the hours of pain
were gone
and all that mattered
was here
this tiny helpless little piece of heaven
sent to
earth for us to nurture
to give him love and
direction
he was here
and that was all that
mattered
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