I loved you before I knew you, from the very start.
Flesh of my flesh blood of my blood never will we part.
I felt your very first butterfly shutters, it filled my heart with joy.
I pledged to love you with all my heart whether you were a girl or a boy.

I heard your first heartbeat, throbbing hard and strong.
Your kicks said I’m coming mummy, I really won’t be long.
On the untrained sound I saw you, your belly, arms ,face and neck.
I wish I could hold you, cuddle you kiss you, even just a peck.

Then pain suddenly ripped through my body in the middle of one night.
Even though I was so excited I was also filled with fright.
I would meet you any second now and I was terrified.
Would I know how to care for you? Would it matter if I tried.

In a flash you entered the world like a mighty boss.
You  opened your lungs and screamed so loud you really sounded cross.
How could I have felt such love, for someone I barely knew?
Little did I know it was just the start, my love for you only grew and grew.  

Camile Briscoe-Forbes