By Mariatha Causway
Aka Jennifer Thomas
In my belly
The ultra sound
Portrayed your sweetness
In profile view.
And we all knew
Who
You’d look like too…
Same nose…
Same lips…
Same shape of head.
Your brothers cheered
At this image of you:
Frisky within me
Twisting…
Turning…
Your way into the light
Of the world.
And I smiled at my first
Sight of you—
Knowing new love again
To touch you…
To hold you.
They waited
Patiently
For their first view of you.
And then they stared
To see themselves
In you, baby Girl:
A composite picture
Of your brothers
Before you.