Wonder of creation <br />Gift-wrapped <br />A pink ribbon <br />Around the thread-bare belly… <br /> <br />The little girl stood <br />In wonder and awe <br />Of the conical home <br />Of ethereal grandeur <br />Of divine architecture <br />Inimitable <br />Secure <br />Warm <br />Sustenance <br />Found nowhere else <br />On earth or in heaven <br /> <br />I once lived there <br />I once housed you there, <br />My little one, she whispered <br /> <br />Let’s wait for Him to unwrap… <br /> <br />Two pair of eyes reflected <br />Their glint in each other’s…<br /><br />indira babbellapati<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-woman-awaiting-child-birth/
