New Baby Song forElla

[Verse]
The room stood still as the light began to break
Gravity shifted with the first breath you would take
In that suspended breath our shadows finally met
A soft collision I have not forgotten yet
We drew you near to shield you from the cold
The deepest story that has ever been told
That initial touch where two worlds became one
A quiet morning and a life just begun

[Verse]
Your palms are like petals not yet fully spread
Resting so lightly on the white linen bed
Five little arches curved in a delicate line
Linking your pulse so completely to mine
I trace the arc of each translucent nail
A map of a journey through a shimmering veil
The way you reach out for the invisible air
Binding our hearts in a silent prayer

[Pre-Chorus]
The clocks have slowed their rhythmic beat
The air in the hallway is heavy and sweet
A gentle tide is rising in the hall
Waiting for the stars to softly fall

[Chorus]
Ella the name that we speak to the dark
A glowing coal and a wandering spark
Ella the grace in the tilt of your head
The sweetest word that has ever been said
Through the long winters and the coming of spring
You are the anthem that the universes sing
Ella our daughter the light in the door
The center of everything we are looking for

[Verse]
Moonlight is pouring through the window pane
Like silver water or a dusting of rain
I sit in the corner just to witness your breath
A fragile defiance of silence and death
Your eyelids are heavy with the dreams of a child
Untouched by the weather and the ways of the wild
Watching the rise and the fall of your chest
In this sanctuary where we finally rest

[Verse]
Before you arrived the rooms felt so vast
Like a hollow museum of a ghost-written past
But you brought a radiance that fills every gap
A celestial treasure placed right in our lap
The joy is a physical weight in the room
A garden of color beginning to bloom
Every tomorrow is etched in your face
Filling our world with an effortless grace

[Pre-Chorus]
The clocks have slowed their rhythmic beat
The air in the hallway is heavy and sweet
A gentle tide is rising in the hall
Waiting for the stars to softly fall

[Chorus]
Ella the name that we speak to the dark
A glowing coal and a wandering spark
Ella the grace in the tilt of your head
The sweetest word that has ever been said
Through the long winters and the coming of spring
You are the anthem that the universes sing
Ella our daughter the light in the door
The center of everything we are looking for