pantoum 3

Pantoum for a baby

We waited for you.

You took your time 

to savour your first breath, 

to leave your place in the sky.

You took your time

for us to hold you,

to leave your place in the sky.

You gave us time to prepare

to hold you

to grow around you.

We had to be prepared 

for the curse that is to love and be loved.

We grow around you.

A lifetime of worry hangs over our heads now,

that is the curse to love and to be loved.

but you made us whole, well worth the wait.

A lifetime of worry hangs over our heads now

because we waited for you.

Yet you made us whole, well worth the wait

to savour your first breath.