First Love

 

You started off being microscopically tiny-

Nearly invisible.

You began to rapidly sprout inside me,

My love for you emerging.

 

Just six weeks passed-

It was the first time I had heard your heart beat,

A thumping rhythm- ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-boom.

I received my first picture of you,

A glimpse of the future.

 

 

Soon you were ready to enter the world,

On July sixteenth you tackled it with a heartwarming smile,

Your shiny brown eyes, full of innocence.

I named you Hercules, knowing you’d be strong. 

 

Daniela Mancuso