I remember the first kick.<\/p>\n
The small, rapid thumping of hearing his heartbeat for the first time.<\/p>\n
The ultrasound a galaxy of stars, constellation Leo with a small fist<\/p>\n
and fluttering, birdlike heart.<\/p>\n
The want to cradle small feet in my hands and marvel,<\/p>\n
this pain that brought you to the world wasn’t divine,<\/p>\n
it was real, us and nature and human intervention that brought you,<\/p>\n
crying, into the morning light. My lion child,<\/p>\n
the innocence you carry isn’t skin deep. One day you’ll grow, and walk,<\/p>\n
and marvel at miracles as I have, as you do, and wonder<\/p>\n
at what makes us human, and bright in the dust<\/p>\n
that angels have dared to trudge with bright wings,<\/p>\n
and you will learn that there is more to holiness than a temple,<\/p>\n
that to look at someone’s smiling face is worship,<\/p>\n
and divinity the smile in their voice as you fall asleep.<\/p>\n
Walk amongst angels one day, in a silver future, and remember.<\/p>\n
Not all that is glorious is godly, but every miracle is divine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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