Breathe

Breathe,

she said, her voice calm and soft amid the chaos.

In through your mouth

and out through your nose. She says

You will be surprised where this takes

you. How it turns unbearable to believable.

Her voice a calm in the storm.

Breathe;

because here we are

in this moment

and there is truly no other option.

Breathe;

in the knowledge

that soon,

so soon,

he will be here

his arms open

his heart open; your son.

Waiting waiting waiting

and breathing;

Simply because the earth willed it so.

Breathe;

because you are, as he is

a child of this earth. 

(for Corey and Tanya, the mamas of boys soon to be here.With love)