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10/20/2000

A Child

I held your child in my arms

Early this beautiful day

I held her and marveled

At her beauty and strength

She was seven weeks young

With a smile to melt your heart

I knew at once she was special

You had made something good

I knew at once how precious

Life of all ages is and how fragile

I knew my life had been touched

Though I held her but for a moment

Strange how a stranger's child

Can invade and capture your being

Strange indeed considering the event

That brought this child and me together

Strange that such a brief moment

Could mean so much to me.

Once again You bent down and breathed on me

Once again an awareness of You filled me

Once again You leave me in awe

One child spared and I knew You noticed

One moment in time and I am once more aware

Of the importance of every life You have created!