In our world, society damages us
so it may be scary introducing new life.
A new life that we will be accountable
for raising into a well rounded individual.
There are many milestones
to a new life if we stop to think about it…
First words, first steps, the progression
from milk to baby food to real food,
even losing a tooth.
But we have to stop and wonder…
How many years until those first words
turn into words of hatred and disrespect?
When the sweet I love you turns into a heartbreaking I hate you.
Not much longer after that, time spent together
gets replaced by a screen in a dark room
where they never come out to be seen.
How many years until those first steps
lead them to walking down
a long, lonely, wrong path of life?
When will food turn into not eating
to fit into certain clothes and the girls who
can fit into them start to get loathed?
Or when it begins to be replaced
by drugs and alcohol due to
the non-lifting weight of pressure and stress?
When will losing a tooth symbolize first fights
over petty drama and violence gets turned into a trend?
When men think it's okay to hit women?
When will their precious white aura
slowly fade into a dark, heavy presence?
Only time will tell, but for now we should focus on the first breath.