These Last Few Hours

It is important to me
that I spend a part
of the next few hours
here alone with you
in the darkness.

You and I will never be
this close again.
Soon you will be
a tiny person
all on your own.
No longer the kicking,
demanding bulge in my body
that I have grown to love so much.

I pray that you will be safely guided
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