Engels geboortegedicht: ‘So sweet and neat’

She sleeps through almost every sound
even when it's screaming loud and clear
but she wakes up and smiles at a friendly voice
if it whispers softly in her ears

Make believe this is the first day
Everything all brand new
Make believe that the sun is your own lucky
star
And then understand the kind of gift you are

Where your road leads, we don't know
But we do know, that we will always love you

— ingezonden door Frans, Yvonne & Alison

Little fingers curl up to make a tiny fist
as fairy lips purse out as if to make a gentle
kiss
Eyes wide as a kitten's, and little button nose
you look like someone's angel, down to your
pudge toes
Although you are so wrinkled and your face is
still so pale
and the only song you seem to know sounds like
a shrilling wail
When you are here before me, finally, I feel
complete
I've waited so long, sweetheart... at last, we
finally meet