This is a tender time
for those who wait for you
We wait with hope
intermingled with our despair
We wait impatiently
We wait urgency
for the wrongs to be made right
This is a tender time
for birth is ever tender
your newborn skin is red and papery
and we lay exhausted after
the exertion of birth
May we have strength in this tender time
to stay tender and not become callous
as we wait
