Oh My Child

Oh my child please hear all the words that I'm saying to you Oh my son let me talk to you now Oh my child please hear all the words that I'm saying to you Oh my son let me talk to you now "You're gonna be a dad" my wife did confess Asked her "Is this for real?" my doubt I had to express Yes attested by physicians we began to envision Our baby's growing condition so we made the decision For abnormality screening to ensure your baby's health Meant providing the doctors with informational wealth Of course we thought anything for our first born 1 in 49 chance for Down syndrome results warned Started to pray please don't allow this to happen Nothing could be worse nothing we'd ever imagine Second test and then a third results were finally negative So relieved to return to our initiative Of choosing strollers baby names not a worry on our minds What a relief to be like everyone else we realized Told a friend the doomed fate I'd suffer, but now I wouldn't He replied, "man, you really dodged that bullet" The statement struck me at my core like a knife plunged deep Then these words filled my mind spoken without speech Oh my child please hear all the words that I'm saying to you Oh my son let me talk to you now Your child's born that way, would that mean I don't love you That you're being punished for what you did or didn't do No I would be with you and I'm never gonna leave your side No time to waste thinking of all that might have been Had to raise my daughter forget the I remember when 4 years passed so fast like a flash before I knew My wife was pregnant with child number 2 Again in the delivery room It's gonna be the best day of our lives that's what I presumed Here's your son do you want to hold your child He seemed so weak, yet we had to smile Already had a girl and now here's a boy What more could I ask? yet I couldn't avoid The thought it's too good to be true Sorry your son is being held in the N.I.C.U. Daylight turned to night and night the next day The doctor said please sit I have something to say A deep crease in his palm his muscle tone is low We think he has Down syndrome that's all we really know She said with regret just like a death sentence "I'm sorry," she said our conversation ended Like a shattered mirror reflecting what i hoped Is the sculpture i imagined in my mind been broke Oh my child please hear all the words that I'm saying to you Oh my son let me talk to you now Don't be afraid for you I have come I gave all I had to pay your ransom I know it feels like fire But you're safe because you are mine We laid together in that hospital bed Alone and rejected felt like everyone fled Who would understand? No one could relate Then i got some phone calls "Is your baby ok?" Well, he has Down syndrome then an awkward silence No congratulations bet they'd rather be hiding I can't really blame them did they know any better But sorry about your son is something that you would never Think that you would hear when announcing his birth If he's not like the rest then he's not of any worth As he grew older differences were more apparent Kids afraid to play with him clinging to their parents Strangers staring at him as if he was a freak My anger subsided cuz his smile seems to speak Of your gift to me amazingly made by you I love him just the way he is, is that how you love me too Oh my child please hear all the words that I'm saying to you Oh my son let me talk to you now Formed you with love in your mother's womb More precious to me than the flower that blooms Made in awe and wonder Unique and set apart is your life Father you know what it's like to have a son Who's dismissed, discarded and abandoned The rage I feel when people turn their face Is a reason why your son had to take my place Bitterness became resentment and shame from the pain But his blood was drained now none of my stains remain Without merit you gave your son the debt That was mine to get yet now I'm your righteousness My war was won when you gave up your son Is there anything else you won't freely have done When I called your name when that's all that I had You turned my grief to a gift and you mended the gash Turned hurt into hope you know just how I feel Turned death into breath by your wounds we are healed The more that I struggle I've had to ask of you more But the more that I sought it's only you I long for Oh my child please hear all the words that I'm saying to you Oh my son let me talk to you now You are my son you know I love you I want to let it be known that's what I came to do Though some will reject you I am proud of who you are Oh my child please hear all the words that I'm saying to you Oh my son let me talk to you now Oh my child please hear all the words that I'm saying to you Oh my son let me talk to you now