baby on my lap, squirming, happily cooing. a new life i love.
wondering how long calm will last in my household. the child sleeps, for now.
a piercing small cry only hungry or chilly. calls out to my heart.
a week from today my family will have grown. by one, and then some.
time grows short and near. a life quickening, ready. very soon my child
a new family, with the addition of one. a new life begins.