Girl child

Need so great
Trust not earned – by necessity given
Special birth tea drunk
Prayers are said

Low bed – newly arrived
Medical care here not concerned
with religion or cultural practice
Sorry, hands are tied

Honored women let me ease your struggle
Hours of work
Sweat, blood, tears
Life is being born

Mothers faced turned from baby
Different tears shed now
A girl child:
Grief – I know that tear

Don’t touch him you are not clean
Kind look and word of gratitude
But still, sorrow

After all you helped to bring forth a girl child