Will the Earth rumble and crack? Will the tides roll and crash? Will time stop? Will fire freeze? Will my heart skip a beatβ¦or three? Will my face go numb from smiling? Will wars stop? Will walls come down? Will the ovation last forever and ever? Will all this, and more, occur when I finally meet you?
This poem was written on Feb. 18, 2011, about two weeks before my son was born. My wife had experienced early labor pains a few days prior to when I wrote this, and we had thought he would be born around the 15th, or so, but he held out until March 1.