Gift (Of the Surrogate Mother)

All my eggs lay in one basket, 
Mother bound, the scattered children 
To be or not in warm oasis 
Walled by barren womb. 
Given freely, should they ask it, 
Twinkles in the eyes of dreamers, 
Shot at life in open spaces 
Or in utero tomb. 
How will they look, I stoop to wonder, 
Any facet of my make up, 
Will primal genes remain of me 
In any boy or girl? 
Whatever birth signs they lie under, 
Astrology and stardust memoirs, 
As they find their destiny 
Upon this blessed world. 
All my dreams were broken china, 
Cast in voids of emptiness 
And languishing in disarray, 
In misery and strife. 
Now reconstructed even finer, 
Blooming with a glaze and glister, 
To the future lights the way, 
The gift I give is life...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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Dennis Avatar
February 5, 2012 at 11:34 PM
Beautiful! Life is a great gift!
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