SILENCE

It seems like a lifetime since the stick had turned blue

Now water trickles down my thigh, it's time he's due

I have waited for years

Through all my fears and all my tears

My husband left me I’m on my own

So this is it I’m all alone

So now it’s time this is my last hope

Pain and push, scream and cry - can I cope?

One last push to deliver a life

The pain is horrendous like being stabbed with a knife

Push, push, push one last time

Then the little baby will be all mine

Years of hope have come down to this moment

No more pushing and screaming then the room became silent

Can I see my baby? Why isn’t he crying?

The room was quiet my world was dying

Suddenly the room came alive with the sound of a birth

My baby is alive his first breath on earth