birth series poems 1

I did also write a few poems about birth and motherhood.

newborns
cries of welcome
beautiful little flower faces
unfolding in wonder
as they greet the world
blood sweat tears and joy
that's what it's all about
each one of us belongs to someone
coming in love
a whole new life

creation

who understands how a child grows within
in the secret rosy folds of the mother
first the heart beating and then
the creation of a new soul,
all its own self?
if you knew this,
you would be God.

1997


planetary music

every living thing is under the
dominion of God, his creatures all
even us.
these are His secrets
and He does not share them
with us.
we have not the power to see what He sees
nor to rule -
let us accept our small place
in His universe
and try to do well
with our parts.
aug 1997