I beheld the arms of a fallen babe
it's lifeless breath
inches in this world
and the air has given way
to their undeveloped lungs..

a precious soul
never to know
the sun's skin

as it kisses and darkens,
tints and caresses

gone too soon

never to know of
their mother & father

I beheld a fallen babe

lifeless in my arms
leaving a mother to know
the sorrow
of missing their
..first born..

Shalom