A Quiet Saturday Morning Inspiration
It was a quiet Saturday morning, January 10th, 2026. I was taking time to have coffee, lounging, and reviewing some of the notes I’d collected for lyrics I planned to write someday. I don’t write lyrics unless my heart is fully in the topic, or unless I give myself a specific assignment. My self-discipline alone can get me through a project, but inspiration always needs to be ready.
On this particular morning, I came across a song I’d started months ago. I had left it unfinished because I couldn’t find the right way to express it. The story I wanted to tell — the profound love between an unborn baby and a mother — felt just out of reach. But today, for reasons I still don’t fully understand, the words finally came to me. What I had been struggling to say flowed naturally, and the story revealed itself fully.
A Song From the Unborn Baby’s Perspective
The unique thing about this piece is its perspective. The ultimate point of the lyric is that it’s the baby singing to the mother. But when you first start reading or listening, if you weren’t aware of it, it might feel as if the mother is singing to her unborn child. The words are written carefully to work both ways — they express love, connection, and awe in a way that feels universal.
By the end, it becomes clear that it’s the baby speaking in song. That twist — the revelation of the perspective — is what makes the piece so special to me. It captures that quiet, intimate moment between mother and child, a love that exists before words, before the first cry, before the baby even takes its first breath.
Why I Wrote It
Even though I’m a grandmother now, I’ve watched the love my children feel for their own babies, and it’s the same overwhelming, indescribable feeling my husband and I have talked about for decades. Nothing compares. This song gave me a chance to explore that love in a way I hadn’t before — through the eyes of the baby, imagining what it might feel to be so connected to the mother, even before birth.
A Song That Works Both Ways
What I love most about this song is how it can be interpreted in two ways. You can read it or listen to it and feel the mother’s love, and only realize at the very end that it’s the unborn baby singing. That duality mirrors life itself — the way we love and are loved, sometimes without fully knowing it. It’s a small reflection of that unspoken, extraordinary bond between mother and child.
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Your lovely song reminds me of all the conversations I had with my babies during my pregnancies. It brings back such sweet memories of those special communications my babies and I had. Thank you, Barbara.
ReplyDeletePat it’s such a deep love isn’t it, thank you xxoo
DeleteBarbara dear, although I am not a mother, my mom and I shared an incredibly close bond and these lyrics really speak to me. Thank you for sharing your beautiful gift with us. 💗
ReplyDeleteMargaret, when I was creating this piece, I was looking at my mother's photo, and thinking of how much I missed her and how these would have been words I would have sung to her in the womb. I so understand my friend what you’re feeling. I cry at the drop of a hat these days, especially when it comes to mom and dad. Xxxooo
DeleteBeautiful and quite touching! Yes, I could easily hear either the mother or the child in these lyrics. You are certainly a gifted writer, Barbara!
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