THE BIRTH OF OUR DAUGHTER 28:2:69 Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

She came unheralded 

but a welcome guest.

There she lay

a bundle of our jubilation 

whose soul fire 

I kindled in her mother's womb 

with my God-given sperm.

We never stopped 

to ponder whether 

her coming was opportune.

We two parents, 

being little helpers 

of the Creator, 

took on the task. 

of bringing her up 

honest and moral 

in a world where 

Love and Truth 

are sugar-coated words 

offered to Sunday school children