Of course, it’s yours <br />so you want to love it, <br />want to believe that <br />though there are other children, <br />yours is special <br /> <br />but when it first appears, <br />there’s a moment…. <br />should it look like that, <br />is that the way they look? <br /> <br />then it’s cleaned up and <br />looks better…but there’s a part of you <br />ready of course to fight for it, <br />but still slightly wondering, <br />how will this miracle turn out? <br /> <br />then somebody who has to say it <br />because they’re on duty or <br />because you’ve invited them to see it <br />says oh what a beauty <br /> <br />and now that just one other person <br />has looked at it, it seems already <br />blessed by the looking and you say <br /> <br />yes isn’t it, isn’t it a miracle…<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-new-born-poem/
