25 Weeks Poem

RIDDLE

I have two heads,

four eyes,

at least 50 teeth -

four lungs,

two stomachs,

twenty toes and four feet.

I have two ovaries,

perhaps 4, but just as likely,

two testes too.

I've got all of these things

but look just like you

Who am I?

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The body that I hold inside

is part of me, but it's not mine.

In three months time you'll be ‘earthside’ 

and already your own person.

Your body, that I grow inside,

is only half the equation.

When is a soul born, I wonder?

Perhaps I hold two souls now too,

or maybe yours flows into you 

at birth -  that day that already brings 

so many beginnings.

To know you now is to feel you kick -

the tiny punches to my ribs -

to imagine your skin, your face, your name,

but none of these things will define you,

and they may change.

I'll never know all of you.

You are a mystery to me now and

aspects of you always will be.

But I will be happy to learn everything

you're willing to teach me.

I hope you'll confide in me.

We made a choice to make a baby.

But you chose us to be your parents.

Whoever you are, whoever you become

I'll treasure this time when we are one.