In Memory of an Unborn Child

a poem

I wish I took picture of you
while you were still
within my womb…
There, where your heartbeat
was still joined with mine,
There, where your blood
flowed through my very veins.

I wish I saw your face
before an angel took you away…
Maybe then I could have recognized
my eyes in your eyes,
or my lips in your lips.
I could have seen your peace,
I could have memorized your smile.

But now all that I have
are memories of those days
when I felt you living within me,
when I let you hear,
my broken lullabies…
Confident that I’d see
and that I’d hear your little cries.

Now all that I have
are faded dreams of you…
Dreams of you growing up
and walking towards me,
stumbling and trying,
and falling back
into my arms.

I could have known you more,
I could have been
your Mom much longer.
But now I know
I’d never cease to be a mother,
and you’ll stay for as long as I can remember
those priceless moments that I had with you.

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This poem is not about me. It is a tribute to all the mothers who have lost their children. No matter how long or how short your child has lived, it will never take away the fact that you have been a mother, and you will always be one.

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