One moment sooner - and I would have been there. z
I could have been there. I should have been there.

Still coated in wet....i arrived - only to see her take those hesitant first steps.
She stumbled.
She leaned into her mother.
Her mother stood strong and proud - as if nothing at all had just happened.

One day - I'll be there in time.
Just once - I wish to witness this miracle of birth.