You came in like I hope to go out -
Not on your knees but fighting,
With lungs full of air.
I knew you immediately.
You couldn't best your mother,
Although you tried.
In the crimson pool,
she was magnificent.
Bringing you in.
Giving you life.
Giving us both more,
Than she ever had.
And then I held you.
Skin on skin.
Eyes on eyes.
A sudden and certain bond.