January 10, 1986, 12:28 a.m.

On this particular day Clutched in Winter's freeze You arrived, a patient, ruddy face Wrapped up in a warm blanket And passed quietly from doctor To nurse to me So I might gaze in your turquoise eyes At the expression of a gift Of time and stress and anxiety And passion between your mother and me One lusty Spring afternoon Nine months before, give or take a few weeks An amazing, tiny red star Newly born in the firmament, Tossed into the midnight blue of a Friday morning, January 10, 1986 at 12:28 a.m.