A blue moon rises
Twists, turns, tunnels
Deliver new surprises
Familar voices fade in
Aliens envade her lungs
Blurry colors slowly begin
Gravity besets, never felt before
Weighty, weighing, working
Frightening even more
The first breath, inhales
Screaming for the womb
Shortly as before, exhales
Briskly lifted
Proding, poking, pricking
Endlessly shifted
She longs, yearns, searches
Mother's milk, a mystery blanched
Frozen petrified she lurches
A dark shape now hovers
Comforting, calming, condoling
Fears flee, breath recovers
New mother, new father, new born
Weary, yet awake after
thirty long hours worn
United, with mother retaken
Sweet, sugary, safety
Sleep soundly now, soon you reawaken
Time travels forward
Family embraces you
Our love is straightforward
Know this to be true
Always, ageless, and affirmed
We love you
My daughter defines who I am, aspire to be and activated an unconditional love I never knew existed.
- Love Dad