02/26/2021                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            Thank you for writing this beautiful poem Dr Ryan McAdams and this beautiful artwork. And thank you for sharing All Things Neonatal.                                        
                                    
                                                                        
                                        Poem and art by Dr. Ryan McAdams Neonatologist
Human Milk
More than milk I am
Not ordinary but extraordinary
Like the mother, mom, mama who made me
I can’t be mimicked
Precious child, I wait ready to flow into you
When you hunger, there I am
To greet your lips, to sooth, satiate,
Comfort and calm you. I provide
More than water, protein, sugars, and fat
Loving child, I am so much more than that
I am more than enzymes and antibodies
I am more than hormones and stem cells
I am a gift—Mother made just for you
Drink me. Thrive from me.
I will defend and fight for you
I will nourish and heal you
They call me liquid gold, but I am greater than gold
Gold won’t vitalize your tens of trillions of cells
I bind the beautiful and shape the wonderful
My liquid helps you become solid.
I am perfect, prized, and free
I unite, bond, and protect
I come from all colors
I am the best milk, I am human breast milk
Please do not waste me.
Celebrate and treasure me!
Let me be me
For I am for you.