Poem For My Unborn Child (written in 1995)
As you begin to take shape in body and in my mind I think about what we together will become And I wonder about the miracle that will become you Who chose our paths to cross in the cosmic scheme Whence do you come, and what road will you walk Who were you in your journeys across births and deaths As I imagine your smiles and cries in my thoughts I hope you will be as perfect as I imagine You have not yet entered the world But you have begun to grow and live in our lives As we
