Woman Born With Her Eyes Open

My little grand daughter, Kaitlyn, she, baby of the world
Born with her eyes open two days before
the full moon.

Her small face looking at her parents, a recognition, yes, there you are now,
We all meet face to face
she held her beautiful and perfectly shaped head up and took in this air, this stark place
a room full of love
two gramas, an auntie, an uncle,
3 midwives, two white Husky doggies,
and holding her, an enraptured Mom and Dad.

Kaitlyn Jean, baby of the world,
 I awake thinking of what world you have, of how you see and feel this -
this place of your beginning.
Your first breath a slight cry, so small to wake no night birdies
Barely a call, from the deep beyond of the womb
A call into this new air, this place of light and sound.

I knew you in my heart before you came.
I saw your face and, ah, of course.....you.
You have always been there.
Always