The Birth of an Anticipation
Fingers, trembling, touched the glass,
My heart was racing, my eyes were searching,
Searching for that little one.
Breath fogged over the barrier,
My mind was remembering, hours before,
Before the clock turned 7:01.
Tears came welling over the rim,
My smile was breaking, my eyes still searching,
Searching for that little one.
Lips smiled wider, a pride in my eyes.
That time was forgotten, hours before,
Before the clock turned 7:01.
Hands settled on my precious gift,
For they’d found her. My eyes stopped searching,
Searching for that little one.
Arms held tight, tighter than ever,
Protecting the bundle from hours before,
Before the clock turned 7:01.
Ears hear laughter, of a little child,
My beautiful child, so my eyes go searching,
Searching for that little one.
Before the clock turned 7:01,
Searching for that little one,
My eyes find Nicole
Playing in the sun,
Mind and soul,
My little one.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:00 am
I like how you held the poem together with these two lines:
“Searching for that little one.”
“Before the clock turned 7:01″
Having the ending have both really puts it all together as well.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:10 am
@Gary - Thanks. Took a little work to get that one right. I had fun writing it though.
July 16th, 2008 at 5:32 am
Hah, Saph! I didn’t realize this was your blog until your comment… then I looked up at the header and saw a.k.a. Saphrym.
July 16th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
@Gary - Yep. It’s me. Using this site to house my fiction writing. Some of it is also over at Saphrym… but only for link purposes. Any new fiction will be written here.
July 16th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I love this poem, Saph. Oh and congratulations on 12 years! Ken and I have made it to the quarter-century mark and I hereby wish that for you guys as well.
Keep up the writing!
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July 16th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
@Margaret - Thanks much! Congrats on the 5 years for you.
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Absolutely wonderful. I really enjoyed this.
August 3rd, 2008 at 3:10 am
@rachel - Thanks for the great compliment!