This is My Death and My Child's Birth

There are no lights
Only a flickering flame
From a solitary candle

I am in pain
Unbearable claws ripping my body apart
As I give birth to my first child

Blood flows from the wounds in my body
Onto the bed and then the floor

"Hang on" I hear him say
He is my husband
Of barely a year
"Hang on my darling I almost have him"

But I can’t hang on
The lights are fading from my eyes
And I no longer feel the pain

"It’s a boy" my love says
"It’s a boy"

But I can’t feel my loves touch
As he rests his hand on my stomach
I can’t feel him lay my baby boy on my chest
I no longer hear the words he is saying

And I die
Giving breath to another…