why god gave us babies

it was when

we were deceived by beauty

it was when we believed

wisdom comes through the mouth

it was when we became naked to this world

it was when we were

afraid of the truth

through trees hallooing

it was our days slowly

filling with the flicker of death

sick as tallow-light.

God came.

the world in its perfect shards

had more to learn.

by fruit

it would come hard.

by bearing

and caring and toil for this thing

crying through restless nights.

she screamed through the labor.

I ran around helpless and scared.

what new horror afflicted us?

it ended in this

wet little mysterious thing

naked-er than we were.

the first day it smiled

we remembered grace.

we believed in love again

in our broken way.

God will

sacrifice

but first

we should learn

why.

it was to be

by fruit

by labor

by a little child.