If ultrasound machines of the world all break down
We had better make friends with nocturnal bats.brown.
They use ultrasound to locate and navigate
There is one hanging by my west garden gate
Vampire bats could help us diagnose disease
Be polite and make sure you use thank you and please
Nurses and doctors will have to be trained to be kind.
And learn how to communicate with a bat’s interesting mind.
Ultra-sound
I see you.
I see you there,
inside of me.
How can that be?
What a miracle you are?
What a joy to come in my life.
I am thankful for the gift,
I do not deserve.
Let my heart do all that it can,
to preserve the treasure,
that I have been given.
To teach,
preach...
and love...
as you do,
so that he will know You,
as I do, when he is grown.
God bless my son,
I will meet you soon.
Thank you, Lord,
for his...
birthday.
Peek a boo...
I see you.
(A friend reminded me about the first time,
I saw my kid. then this fell out of my heart,
and onto the paper. )
I can hear ultrasound.
No, you can’t.
Yes, I can. I hear it now.
No, you don’t.
Yes, I do. I really do. I can see ultraviolet lights too.
No, you can’t unless you are an alien.
Exactly.
We saw the ultrasound of your unborn child
Early this morning, still awakening
When at the speed of light
It raced across the internet finding its way
Into our home and hearts.
Your mother began to cry and I
Was stunned and stupefied
At the reality of it all, remembering when
You were one time just so small.
I wondered about all the unseen and inexplicable forces
Conspiring and converging to create this new life
Inside you now. I wonder how
Time could have raced away so rapidly leaving
All those yesterdays turn to dust
While you grew up in front of us.
Thankfully, as the infinitesimally small
Photographic figure in this ultrasound shows, something
Of our hopes, dreams and love grows
Like fruit of the vine and nectar
Of God’s eternal sea of goodness and grace shining
Down on our humanity.
This evening when the sun sinks low
We’ll still be aglow with thoughts of you
No longer one but two
Hearts beating together
In rhyme and rhythm. Your mother and I
Could never be happier for you and this new found
Miracle we’ve been given.