The Secret, (for Daniel Alan) Options

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The Secret
(for Daniel Alan)



Hello, my little one.
I am here,
waiting to catch you in my arms,
already loving you.
Your sweet mother stands,
a timeless image, hand resting
on the fullness of you-- waiting,
and I am moved to tell you a secret...

I have known you for years upon many years;
do you see? You were in the seed within me
when I learned to breathe!
I knew you so long ago, when we were but the dust
left behind when an ancient sun went super nova!
I knew you when we were the sea
that gave birth to the rugged, rolling land;
I knew you when we became the rain
for a while and I was with you
when we once played as the wind
racing madly across a trembling sky.

I even knew you before I knew
whether your eyes were brown or blue
or bright and green as moss
or if your skin was creamy pale or a warm brown,
a gentle yellow or a deep and dusky olive.
Yes, I know you better than anything,
better than the cadence of my own breath
in and out. In
and out. And,
I knew you when the only thing
I knew for certain was that you were a force
of limitless possibilities--
and, oh, yes.

That you are loved.

I know you now,
before you have come into this world, anew,
because you are already here,
wedged firmly under my sternum and cage of ribs;
here in every beatbeatbeat of my heart,
pounding out loud the joy
of your impending arrival.
So, do you see? Don't fret!
That is the secret!
I am here, already loving you,
just as I loved you, long
before time began.

So, come on, little one, come on!
My arms are stretched out, and I am here,
just waiting to catch you.





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