With This Child

author’s note:

I don’t know why I wrote this poem.  I’m not expecting any new arrivals.

I guess I'm expressing my hope.


CHRISTENING

The sun child
came from the dark
came from below ground
came from the secret circle
of our arms.

The sun child is also
the moon child, the child
that floated down the river
in a round wicker basket
that you wove.

A basket of moonlight--
that became a vehicle to hold
our love.  To carry
another desirous soul
into a world searching
for its peace.

With this child
the world grows
that much closer
to fulfilling
its destiny--

grows closer
to finding the light
that can heal
our innocent eyes.

© 2008, Michael R. Patton
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