The Child

The ardent hope and desire of two people reflects the child's birth,
The rising dawn witnesses embryonic existence unearth,
Yet within such a small stature so pure and divine,
Tomorrow's leader is contained, developing and ripening through time,
For today the child is innocent and a victim of nature's restrains,
Tomorrow nature's innocence will tarnish the child's name,
As history reveals societies morbid intolerance and scorn,
The two parents ponder together fates unfolding dawn ...