Poems (Rowe)/A Link
A LINK
WE two are one; yet, you and I Are farther than the Poles apart Although between us is a tie That ought to bind us heart to heart.
The Babe that smiles upon my knee, I wonder, when he comes to think, If he will know, that only he Was 'twixt us two the single link.
I'm glad because I cannot trace A look of yours; or, single sign Of Fatherhood in his sweet face, For then I deem him wholly mine.
'Twas I that bore him 'neath my heart, Long days, and nights of loving ache; You in the Birth throes had no part; Alone I suffered for his sake.
And yet, through you, I've known the bliss, The joy Maternity can give; Who knows? Perhaps, the thought of this, May bind us closer whilst we live.