An Unborn Child

by Gem   Apr 17, 2005


Do you cry for the life of an unborn child
Who’s face you have not seen?
Do you mourn a precious thing,
That has not yet been?
Do you spend months in sadness
Missing what you never got to know?
Wondering what he might have become
If he was given the chance to grow?

Do you stand at the park gates
And watch the children play?
Do you know what you lost,
What the doctors took away?
Do you stare at the empty cot
And the tiny sheets never slept in?
Knowing the child would have
Dreamt of thing he might win.

Do you remember burying him-
Such a small coffin- people all around?
Do you relive the pain each day
Of putting him in the ground?
Do you weep for him
Never taking a breath?
Knowing instead of birth
Came death.

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  • 18 years ago

    by ReBecca

    Yes, i do. i've lost a child. you never get over the pain. it's been almost 10 years. i have a poem called "your last breath" that i wrote in honor of my precious baby daughter. your poem was very simple and quaintly written. i could feel the meloncholy and sorrow. great job.

  • 18 years ago

    by HOLLY ARMER

    This is horrifying, the emotion you capture in this is paralyzing! Such a tragic event, very heartbreaking!
    You wrote this so well, evoking so many feelings....well done~Holly

  • 19 years ago

    by ღ.:Krissy:.ღ

    Great poem! That was just really awesome! I'm really sorry if this happened to you! (",)

    ~Krissy

  • 19 years ago

    by ♥•oOo Nikki oOo•♥©

    I Never See Many Abortion Poems But This 1 Was Well Worth My Read I Gave It a 5.0 xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

  • 19 years ago

    by Georgi

    awwwww this is is so sad and so good!!! oh honey many ppl i know have experianced this and it must be the most dreadful thing . im so sorry if this happened to you. stay strong

    check out my poems if u have time

    loved this i gave it a 5 xxxxxxx

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