Aoide
The first song on earth
Was a child's cry,
A canticle of absolute beauty.
Each note a bequest for eternity;
Ageless music of heartsounds
And first-breath sighs
To immortalize
The promise of humankind.
Aoide is the Greek Muse of Song. These lines are a dedication
to the labor and delivery suite of Yale- New Haven Hospital
where I practice.
