Labors

Can you pack an overnight bag just in case? she says mildly, breathing through contractions and wishing all of life could be scheduled. Ten hours later, he calls a car and you curl up on their couch, impossibly attempting sleep. How we try to control everything and then the monumental things lie in planes all their own, we cannot begin to touch them.

I lie on the couch, staring at the stars. Wonder at the miracles to come. Sometimes all we can do is wait for them.