know this life [birth]

*Sparhawk* · 02-20-2021, 07:32 AM

Rather than the world slowing for the birth of their children, time seemed to speed up for the redwood man. One child entered the world and Poem called it Shae. Then suddenly all five were born and he had named two of them. A girl; Fable. A boy; Poetry. Sparhawk kept repeating their names over in his mind like a mantra. Shae, Fable, Vilanelle, Poetry, Satire. Shae Fable, Vilanelle, Poetry, Satire. These were the names of the lives that he and Poem had created together and by the gods were they perfect.

Sparhawk had stayed curled behind Poem through the whole birth, holding her paw and giving her his big body to push into during her contractions. Now he loosened his grip so that he could sit behind her and stare down at the five glorious children as they fed at their mother's belly. Tears filled his ruby gaze and he placed a kiss atop his exhausted wife's head. I love you, Po-em. We will be best parents. His voice was thick with emotion. He never thought in all of his years that he would be deserving of a family, yet here it was.

After many moments of awe, Sparhawk remembered that there were two others in the spacious den with them. Wiping the tears from his eyes, he looked to Theory and Lyric. Thank you for being here. Already his mind was working, trying to figure out what to feed Poem. She was going to be hungry and their voracious brood was going to be hungry as well. He would have to bring and make her all the food. Whatever she desired.

Sparhawk -- Poem

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