At the dawn of a beautiful day in August, we welcomed our little daughter, Arunima to this world. In between the congratulations and thanks and visits and feeding and burping suddenly we are in April and it feels UNREAL.
Before my sleep deprived brain forgets it all, (it's true, I feel hardly any long term memories are getting formed in there) I wanted to put together everything I felt during the newborn stage:
Half-finished tea and the laundry's the rule
Full of the clothes that are covered in drool
Half-broken sentences, trailed in the air
Full conversations in Babynese there
Half-hearted walks through the crystalline snow
Full curious eyes seeing all there's to know
Half-messy home where the dishes are stacked
Full freezer meals for the sleep that we lacked
Half-interrupted, my thoughts drift away
Full baby moments absorbed in their stay
Half-tended plants in a garden of weed
Full joyful chaos is all that we need
Half-sleeping nights, holding the days together
Full evening cuddles that last me forever
Half-written messages that my friends never see
Full of unsolicited pictures from me
Half of my body is depleted and worn
Full is my heart since she was born
And now I go back to sip my cold tea :)
