i danced in the warm rain

touched the cool earth

listened to the ocean

felt the wind on my skin

trembled with excitement during thunderstorms 

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i felt life sprout and grow

deep inside my womb

like thousands of butterflies

you kicked, hiccuped, pushed

my heart beat for you

my lungs breathed for you

i heard your little heart beat too fast to even count 

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you announced yourself with

the eruption of one powerful 

wave after another wave

i feared my own life was sure

to end with the start of yours

you took your first breath 

cried loud angered over

being forcefully pushed into another realm

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too bright

too loud

too cold was your new reality

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nothing in my existence

could ever have prepared me

to feel such pain and such joy

as i did with the incredible

birth of such a perfect

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                                   little being

                      

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