THE FIRST BLOOM

He pressed his ears close
to her ‘pregnancy’
listened to the pulsating
abdomen
where their babe in waiting
throwing its hands and legs
could be felt.
He lay there
planting warm kisses
on her abdomen umpteen times
making her giggle without delight
where their first bloom
was getting ready to
enter the sunny world
from the dark world since a long time.
His/Her entry to the whole world
by soft and feeble cries
for the proximity of Mum
searching Mum’s milk of love.
Ever since her conception
he made it a point
to press his ears over her
throbbing pulsating abdomen
and he knew the magnitude
of his love and care
towards her was intensifying
which was elixir of love to her
happy existence.