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Poems For Mothers · September 25, 2026

Transfixed

( a poem for when you can’t stop looking at them )

I look at you in detail
Transfixed, mesmerized,
For you - are the miracle to behold
One of exquisite beauty, flawless
Intricate and soft my baby - now a boy!
The rolls slowly give way to muscle
Baby fat melts along with my heart
Which ever so slowly shatters
For I grow more and more in love
With you
Day by day, hour by hour
Knowing you are the biggest blessing
God ever bestowed on me

Sophie

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