Our Lives Are Changing Now

Mazen

Our lives are changing now

Was my first feeling

Lump in my throat

The rest had me reeling

Our lives are changing now

The call came around three

Never expected that tone

“Love, can you talk, it’s me…”

Our lives are changing now

“Tubes are in the wrong place?”

Eyes became blurry, motion slowed…

What is this life we face?

Our lives are changing now

Why our little bean?

God is so cruel I thought,

God is so mean.

Our lives are changing now

Bravery I would have to borrow

Wishing for a different fate

Hoping on a change tomorrow

Our lives are changing now

Multiple visits had transpired

Myriad of diagnoses and worries

Depression and fear and always tired

Our lives are changing now

Delivery day was approaching

Our hearts were in our guts

The uncertainty encroaching

Our lives are changing now

Baby boy then came screaming

Bluer than most that day

But Mom and Dad were beaming

Our lives are changing now

30 days of intensive care life

Surgeries, complications, tears

Lost all my strength for my wife

Our lives are changing now

Every day was something to fear

Multiple providers came by

Please, nothing more to hear

Our lives are changing now

We have to leave this cold room

No more conversations or thoughts

No more premonitions of doom

Our lives are changed now

They finally let us leave

A family of three against the world

Must persist, must believe

Our lives are changed now

Obstacles still in our way

But instead of hopelessness

We pause and we pray

Our lives are changed now

Welcomed a handsome baby boy

Looking back on our travels

Hard to believe we now feel joy

Our lives are changed now

Finally able to see the light

Numerous families like us

Struggling for a future just as bright