A piece of light
A living breath
Beneath heaven
Life is happening
The heartbeat warms
When life
Is imparted
Time is not important
Exploding tiny cycle
The words form
In fullness
The gift
A source of beauty
A hallowed soul
Child of the divine
Sealed with the Spirit
Bestowed with love.
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Written for Poetry Jam
Wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteReally liked that last couplet, Alan.
ReplyDelete"Sealed with the Spirit
Bestowed with love"
What a beautiful thought on birth.
you really bring out the sacredness of a child...the gift and miracle they truly are...and if only all children were looked at that way by the ones who had them...
ReplyDeleteA source of beauty - a sweet thought about babies!
ReplyDeleteBestowed with love ... a wish for every innocent baby born.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Babies are gifts!
ReplyDeleteSealed with the Spirit
ReplyDeleteBestowed with love.
Cannot be anything else. Love is a divine blessings! Nicely alan!
Hank
Child of the divine
ReplyDeleteIt can't be anything else! Blessings for baby is divine! Nicely alan!
Hank
Apologies for the double posts. I thought the first didn't get through!
DeleteHank
...what precious words you have shored in those last two lines against my short existence... what precious treat Alan... loved it... smiles...
ReplyDeleteGiving birth is one of woman's most generous acts ... it is such a powerful and fulfilling experience. Knowing that you have nurtured that life and welcomed that personality that begins to develop the moment you look at each other and begin to interact ... momentous, indeed!
ReplyDeleteBestowed with love--what a lovely ending.
ReplyDeleteThe birth of a baby is a miracle and the best gift that there is in life.
ReplyDeletethis is such a tender write... it flowed like a song
ReplyDeletebeautiful - capture infancy well.
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