The long wait..

It must be long time back

when she held it close

for it was a part of her

too dear to lose

Anxious, he stood

at the other end of the room

Look, he cried

it resembles her

Clutching it like a prize

he jumped for joy

they'd told him that it was none

but the chosen one

The man that he was

his happiness knew no bound

for he had braved storms

hunger and madness

to stand tall, holding his breast high

to announce to the world

that the day had come

when their long awaited child had arrived