some claim we were born alone <br />but was there not a heartbeat heard <br />as we grew within a mother’s womb <br /> <br />a placenta provided oxygen food <br />nourishment fed through umbilical cord <br />shadow post birth after us expelled <br /> <br />a hand took us cleaned us cut cord <br />totally dependent helpless we received <br />a heart fed us loved us meet our need <br /> <br />we were cared for we grew lived <br />to prosper all life is time given nourished <br />all life that endured love received <br /> <br />there was a time when we were not alone <br />each moment of growth was a heartbeat heard <br />those who give foster love in a world womb <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/some-claim-we-were-born-alone/
