What if I never
had a baby.
If I never had a
baby, I would never be pregnant
Never feel that
joining of me and another.
Never feel that
kick from the inside.
I might never fall
that deeply in love at first sight, or even before.
If I never had a
baby, she would never have her first steps.
She would never
make a twisted face when she first tastes a lemon.
She would never
howl in the darkness of midnight
or
fall bare-bottomed in the summer grass.
If I never had a
baby, she would never buy a computer.
She wouldn’t work
at her first job and save up to buy her first car.
My baby would
never fly in a plane and travel to other countries.
She would never cut
down a tree to build her home or buy oil to heat it.
She would never
leave the lights on or step on an ant.
If I never had a
baby, she would never be an annual birth statistic
or
add to our population.
She would never
consume resources or have a footprint.
She would never
have to struggle and suffer in a future of climate change.
My baby would
never endanger the wilderness and take the lives of others.
If I never have a
baby, I would be a little sad, but try to be a little more proud.
If I never had a
baby, it would benefit all living things,
even
if I know she would be beautiful.
