They emerge; and as they do, br your whole world is re-shaped; br you’re stunned - as Adam must have been - br with the miracle of birth; br br They come as miniature perfection – br who reads the small-print warning clause? br ‘These goods come without a life-time guarantee…’ br br But you don’t pause to dream their own world for them – br except to count, in wonder, fingers, toes; br they come as answer to your whole life up to now; br right now, they laugh and cry as Love itself; br br poems as babies in the heart and mind.