Was sitting there in my cubicle,
Unable to concentrate on anything on my table now,
Mobile rings loudly, something very painful about it,
It was what i thought, what we had been expecting,
She was barely completing her sentences,
Told me "i think its time....hurry Frank",
I assured her i was coming, picked my briefcase in sheer hurry,
Went to the parking lot taking long strides in almost a run,
Only to realise i had left my keys on the desk,
Ran back with twice the speed, grabbed the keys came back to my car.
On my way home everything seemed to be whirling around,
Everyone except me seemed to be moving faster,
Parked the car in front of the apartment,
Rushed to the stairs, climbed it taking two at a time,
I blasted the door open,
Lilly was there clutching the handle of the couch,
Face horribly contorted with visible pain,
Poor woman tried to stay calm and was taking deep breaths,
In all this trauma she still managed to force a peaceful smile when she saw me at the door,
I was gasping for breath as well and asked her "Are you sure this is it??",
She couldn't get words out so just fiercly nodded her head.
I rushed to the bedroom and got all the stuff together,
Took her hand in mine and slowly walked her down the stairs,
The pain my love was undergoing was evident from the way she was gripping my hands,
I wanted it to get over, wanted her to be happy,
She had already called the doc and wheelchair was waiting for us,
I took the stuff from the trunk and rolled her into the hospital,
There was something unnerving about the place,
The plain white walls and the medicines on the trays,
Doc told us it was goin to be alright, be fine,
I couldnt see how or didnt kno when.
She was still taking deep breaths and pain hadnt seemed to alleviated even bit,
We were in the room waiting for the doc to come,
She looked into my eyes and said "She'll soon be here and gave a longing smile..",
Pressed my hand with care and expectation,
Doc came, examined her, told us she was ready for the ward,
Now the pain had reached its pinnacle,
She couldn't hold herself together any longer,
It was unbearable for me to see her like this,
I prayed "God! Just make it stop!"
We went into the ward,
The doc somehow understood what i was feeling,
Calmly said "It'd soon be over Mr.Parker",
I so hoped it would,
She was struggling and twitching with pain,
I couldnt bear to look at her,
Not like this,
I couldnt stand straight, was swaying in my place,
Tears just blocked my sight seeing her scream with pain,
Soon there was as sudden sense of unbelievable exhiliration in the air,
And he hands over to me saying "There..Your daughter..looks beautiful",
I looked down at this tiny miracle in my arms,
Yes! it was unbelievable,
Out of nowhere there were brand new ten little toes and fingers,
Moving slowly, trying to look at the new place she's brought into,
Lilly slowly pulled my arm,
She saw the angel in my hand and all the pain magically flew away,
She raised her head and kissed our baby's forehead,
My love was glowing with beads of tears sparkling on her face,
Smiled slowly at me and kissed me and said "She's ours Frank!!"
It was truly the miracle of birth.
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