Baby Blues

Baby Blues Tom considered himself a very lucky man His girlfriend, Sally, was pregnant, going for a 20 week scan They decided they wanted to know the sex, and Tom’s heart was filled with joy When the Stenographer proudly announced that they were having a boy When they left the hospital, Sally seemed in a daze She’d told Tom that she longed for a girl and Tom thought it was just a phase She was filled with disappointment and a deep-seated flood of guilt She could clearly see that Tom was overjoyed to the hilt Most of her friends had had babies and most had wanted a girl When she mentioned this to Tom, insults he would hurl Gender disappointment was the emotion she was feeling Her true feelings about the result of the scan, she'd have some trouble concealing She thought about her workmate, a woman she knew as Shirl Unable to bond with her son, because she really wanted a girl A baby of the wrong sex, inside Sally it was growing “Stupid scan” she murmured “I'd have been better off not knowing” Tom was one of a family of five, all of his siblings boys They played football and rugby and other ball-games And when little shared all their ‘boy toys' Sally had grown up with three sisters and one brother But had always felt like the ‘black sheep’ Treated differently by father and mother Their often cruel comments made her weep She decided when the child was born She'd try her best to be fond But knew deep down in her heart She would never form a bond