Birth

From the depths

Of a motherly

Amniotic sac,

With the richest

Cushions of the world-

The uterine walls,

And a mother's blood,

Rises the beats

Of a new heart.

The placenta

Holds the life,

Securely,

Feeding,

Nourishing,

Helping the life

Grow.

As joyous signals

From the little life

Trigger a flood

Of oxytocin

And a new battle

Is declared,

With each second

Valued immensely,

The birth canal yawns

To push a life

Into the world,

On the surgery table,

Under dazzling lights.

A journey of a cell,

One life-

Kick-starts

In a world

Outside the womb

As the last anchor,

The umbilical cord

Snaps.