Squirming through the body waves of spasms
Ridges of sweat furrow the brow
Moments of senility mock the senses
Eve’s daughters question their fate
Pleasure and pain bizarre bedfellows
Twist of tale gratification a throbbing nuisance
In secret consummated overtly celebrated
Barking birth attendants’ remote nurses
Stripped of dignity bare before strangers
Of syringes clamps and needles a scary ordeal
Every mother’s fortune
Tortuous journey through the tunnel of life
Her every movement a curious travail
Rude shock from the tranquil to the raucous
The sheltered to the vulnerable
Bursting forth head arms and all
Gazing eyes hail the stranger coated in ointment
A mother’s delight a father’s pride
