I’m going to be a mom

more doubts than

anything else

my son-to-be’s

blue eyes

like lightning

he’ll be in my life

until i’m forty

terrifying

adorable yet

my new reality

this is what motherhood

will be

my quarantine baby

parents who say

why be tied down

in your twenties

but have you seen his face

a right to happiness

and laughter that resonates

louder than his barking

a puppy of defiance

in the face of hardship