Poems...


Poem 1

It is amazing
That the rest of the world
Just keeps going on.

How can that be
When our very life
Has been so changed
In only a moment?

Poem 2

At unusual times,
in unexpected places:
the supermarket, the ball game,
on the way home from work,
my eyes sting and my throat gets tight.
And then I know
that all I want
is you.

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Poem 3

This is hard to understand.
I had so many dreams for you.
I've wondered how I'd feel
when you learned to say my name and yours.
I've thought about the day
when you would start school.

I guess I'll think about you
when the leaves begin to change
or when I see a snowflake land
on someone's stocking cap.
I'd like to watch you
squish the mud right up between your toes
some moist, warm April day,
it's hard to know that it will never be.

I hurt inside.
I've missed you now, already.
it's hard to understand.

In fact, I don't.

,

Poem 4

Thank you-
for the gift of you
You gave us hope
by just being you!
After the hurting
and healing are through
we'll treasure most of all,
the gift of you.

 

Poem 5

At quiet times
When there's just me,
I wonder what it would be like
To let go of some of the old feelings.

I wonder if letting go
Will seem disloyal to you.

Or if it will be like a raw wound
That is beginning to heal.

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Below is the kinds words that were on the card from the memory album the nurses made for us at the hospital! It always touches me and makes me cry when I read it!

For these few days,
you've shared with us
a moment in the ending of a dream.
Your baby's death has touched us all
and shown us the preciousness of life.

While in our care, you honored us.
You let us walk some troubles miles
with you.
You shared your tears.
We felt your pain, and there was trust
through
those lonely, darkened hours.

Looking to the days ahead,
please know our thought and caring still
go with you,
for YOU have left YOUR footprints here,
and we shall not remain unchanged.

For these few days, we thank you.

Lisa & Roberta