No Greater Love
You're pregnant.
The doctor confirms what I already knew
And the fear and shock set in.
I'm to young,
Only 20, to immature
I'm not ready.
But this little person is a part of me
And I already love it.
It's a boy.
Four ultrasounds later I finally know what you are
And I cry.
I was hoping for a pink baby
And I'm hormonal and scared.
How do you raise a boy?
What will he like?
But I already loved him with all of me.
It's time.
After three trips to the hospital for pre-term labor
It's finally real now.
Twenty-nine hours in labor in the hospital
Almost three hours of pushing
And I see him
And I hold him
And I know in that moment my life has begun.
Before that day I was selfish
And on a downward spiral of self-destruction
But from that moment on
My life was you
And I may have given you life
My dear sweet love
But on the day I realized I was carrying you,
You saved mine.
You will always be
The only man that mommy will ever need
And with every second
Of every day
I will love you
More than the moment before
And I will keep and protect you
For the rest of time.
Copyright © Brittney Tyler | Year Posted 2015
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