A Child Is Born in Love and Light

A baby is born
and the two bodies
that loved this new life into being
are touching
soft, pink, untouched skin
and speaking the purr and chatter of new love
to a tiny, trembling stranger.

Who turns her head to the sky
and lets in the sun's light
through deep, still eyes
like oceans
on the first day of creation—
warmed
illuminated
astonished
by the radiance.


—Eric Nelson