Expectations

For a year

We lay

On the floor

With these four

Empty walls

And our hands

On the door

With our feet

In the air

As we stared

At the ceiling

And whispered

Our dreams

To give life

To this warm

Barren room.

Remember this

This silence

And stillness

The empty crib

As the life

‘neath your rib

Makes us smile

On this night

In this room

Over filled

With her things

For the joy

She will bring

To the world