To Come Forth

I am caught in the wave
of these labor pains
the woman I am birthing
is fighting
she's fighting hard to live

doubled over the pain
gripping, crushing
the life I've been gaurding
tenaciously for so long
inside, hidden
locked away in a safe secret place
the life she's fighting to live
hangs in the balance

wave after wave
they hit me
she faints with weakened pulse
exhaustion takes over
us both

nothing else matters
but that she is the one
to come forth
from this battle this fight
as long as she will live
I am at Peace
I have no fear

The waves can drown me
The pain overtake me
They can have my life
all that matters is that she live
I need to know
she will live
and then I will be
at Peace...

I will not be caught
any longer
and she will burst forth
a beautiful creation
shiny and clean and new
able to move forward
to be complete
able to do what I never
could release myself
to do
to be

the woman I am birthing
is fighting
she's fighting hard
for me...


(Isaiah 66:9-14)