Slightly premature baby

I made a decision

that nobody knew

It was my

responsibility

to let my baby

go from in me.

As I lay

solitary in the night

in the glow of a light

a Daddy Longlegs

flitted around

slightly mad I

chatted to him

thank you for

your company

dear friend.

Then an apparition

came to me -

My babies brown eyes

told me ‘fear not

you will be safe

and I will be free’.

Then all was well

his body was ready

and he glowed

with health; he

could breath the air

by his own little self.