arrival

my grandson

arrival

 

you arrive today

long expected but not unloved…

soon the gates to your haven

will be breached

and all that has been home

will be history…

cocooned in the womb…

cradled in the very heart

of the one who has

held…hurt…and will cry

tears of joy

when you are finally in her arms…

you are the child of promise…

all await you expectantly…

there is a buzz of electricity through us all

who wait to love

but none so much as the one

who has borne you all these months…

felt you move…

been the scapegoat of your soft insistent kicks…

felt you grow…inch by inch

sacrificed perfection of body

so you could be…

…perfect…

soon…you will endure the travail of birth…

run the gauntlet to the light

where you will see her loving eyes…

see her hair…mussed in childbirth…

remember…you’re not seeing her at her best…

you’ll feel her cheeks…wet with tears…against your own

feel her skin that is warm... trembling…

feel her touching you

…caressing softly…

counting your fingers and toes…

she’ll proudly note the rolls of flesh on your limbs

and the beauty of your tiny frame

as you writhe and rail against the cold…

she’ll hear your cries as you breath your first breath

and watch your flesh turn from bluish tan

to soft pink…

your healthy blush

will bring a sigh of relief

to all who witness your birth…

your will be held

as you’ve been held…

loved as you’ve been loved…

see the world of brightness and color

for the very first time

hear the voice of the one who has sung to you in the night…

as she lays you on her chest…

as you take her n*****s in your lips and drink…

you will feel the drumbeat of the heart

that has resounded in the womb…

the heart that has loved you from the very beginning…

and you will sleep

cocooned in love…

and soft flannel…

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[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

a breathtaking journey from within the mother body into the mother arms~