in her belly

a sacrifice of body
but more a sacrifice of soul
the spirit and the body
both afflicted on the whole
the connotation's off
but the concept is correct
in her belly is a parasite
and it puts my wife through heck
nausea and vomiting
and trips to see the doc
flattened bladder syndrome
she gets to waddle instead of walk
a dive to depths of worry
pregnant glow displaced by fear
a blimp in our existence
but still three-quarters of a year
now the parasite will grow
and in time it will say hi
will evolve into a he or she
no doubt will make her parents cry
and laugh, and sing, and giggle
lots of kisses, hugs, and grins
what once was just a barrier
now my happiness does win
the joy it lasts eternal
with a dip when she's a teen
overall there is a benefit
but still a parasite it seems
a parasite of pocketbook
follows the parasite of time
and then the parasite has offspring
and that parasite's not mine