(9/27/12)

A man is so glad to know- that inside you

His child grows.

The most beautiful thing on this earth

Is a woman giving birth.

As her stomach starts to grow

And her soft caressing hands begin to show

You’ll see her face take on a radiating glow.

She will see life in a different way

As her motherly instincts come into play.

her body which she had taken for granted before

Is about to open a new door.

This is the door to life

and as you do the pushing pains

From this moment on your life will change.

And when you feel that child stretching

Those walls of life

You’ll know it was worth the pains and sacrifice.

You may see its head and then its face

Searching this unfamiliar place.

Looking for the warmth that it knew

When it was inside of you.

It will take some time for the child to adjust

But it’ll recall your gentle touch

Now the first step comes into place

When you look at each others face.

An indefinable feeling that you can’t put into words

But for nine months this child has heard.

The beating of its mothers heart

Had become as one

And a new life had begun.

Now you have become what GOD intended

A mother of life - of hopes and dreams

And all that is seen and unseen.

Look deeply into that child s eyes

And it will take you where you’ve

Never been before - as it opens

Up its souls door.

This is what - “as a man”- I see

And you can’t take that away from me.

© L . RAMS