JOSE MIGUEL

you burst into this world
demanding attention
with your cries,
loud and
urgent.
compelling everyone to notice
the grandeur of your entrance.
did you matter at all?
even out of a fall?

you were born of love
in love, through love
by that same power
love
and no matter
what others unkindly say
don't let anything
make you feel
any less
about yourself.

make your voice
and your noise
be heard all the time
as you state
reason
invoke
speak
defend
praise
the reason for your being.

today
i celebrate you
and the God you gave me you.