The moment I found out, my mind was bent,
on a rainbow illumined on the ground.
Between eardrums, a humming – persistent.
She would be an intense, undying sound.

Nine months to nurture, what will be my blood.
Nine months to find love in another one.
Nine months to wait for an impending flood.
Nine months until her smile fuels my sun.

Alas, the barricade has been subdued,
in separating from my precious girl.
Forever humans – we cannot allude,
yet I’ll need her like a clam needs a pearl.

But birth became unpleasant – a train wreck.
Umbilical cord ‘round her tiny neck.