To Be Born A Small Child Poem by Benjamin Chiu Uy

To be Born a Small Child


to be like a small child
the womb showsthe exits of lights
into the lighted world

the life, into the awareness of forms pushing away from the sanctuary of your mothers womb.

you must understand alł sounds andthe forms of communique,
all forms of locomotions and the crawls of the ligaments.

later on the upright posture and thesteps of the feet.

as important as sleep or the hum of a mothers lullaby.

emerging
from the hot fetters of her hot flesh

into the real life portals of tall trees
and the walking habitués, .

your every living cells
consolidates into a living yell

a cry for life and the journals for the
journeys into the living fresh air

the life of the nostrils and the birth
of this new world.

the celestial wonder shows of all life.