My Heart Is Outside Me. Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

When my Mum made the decision
to become pregnant
she began to love me.
I am her own flesh and blood.

It was her decision, forever
to have her heart
go walking around
outside her own body.

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Later as I grew up
I asked my mum:
“Tell me mum how did you feel? ”

She answered me:
“The joy, honor, gift, and privilege
of being a mum is tremendous.

From the second I felt,
the tiny, indelibly precious,
delicious, almost indescribable movements,
when I heard my child’s first heartbeat
to experiencing the first breath,
becoming a mum is truly
a celebration of motherhood.

In grace and love I did everything
seeing you my own flesh in my soul.

I saw heaven every single day
when you smiled, Played,
rested on my breasts.

You are mine and felt, my heart is outside me.