A Poem To My Mother Poem by Jared Gobey

Light shines through the elastic,
My eyes open and close drastic
like a broken hinged door.
A high shriek pierces the air and then
I am out and brought into Earth.
Lab coats and mouth mufflers stare
and talk about some alien birth.
The air hugs me and I am brought
eye level with my mum.
My fingers persistently curling
around her shaken thumb.
Her eyes and her smile make me feel
like Shakespeare on his opening night.
And in her arms, instantly, I knew
everything was going to be alright.