by Terry Collett
Member since:
November 1, 2006

Rose Ripweed's Loss.

December 24, 2008 05:00 PM EST
views: 48 | rating: 10/10 (13 votes) | comments: 17

Rose Ripweed miscarried her fifth child.
Rose stared into the empty space

Of her life and counted on her worn fingers
The nightly loves now gone to waste.

Rose carried the memory
Of each and every one,

Each moment, each tiny kick
Just starting out, then

The realisation of no more kicking
And a numb awareness

Creeping over her
Like Eve's foul snake.
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Comments: 17

Anna D. Dec 24, 2008, 5:24pm EST
A very sad memory for me. I lost one baby very early in the pregnancy but I still remembered the sadness and the pain.
Anna del C.
Author of "The Silent Warrior Trilogy"
http://www.annadelc.com
Sherine W. Dec 24, 2008, 5:27pm EST
Miscarriage is such a sad thing to go through. Many don't understand the real pain felt when an unborn child is lost. Your words provide a glimpse into the pain.
Solskin Iam Dec 24, 2008, 6:04pm EST
i never had a miscarriage yet i can feel the pain in your words....
Georgiana S. Dec 24, 2008, 6:36pm EST
My neighbour just lost her baby at about three months in. She took it stoically, 'baby's die" she said. She has two others...
Patti M. Dec 24, 2008, 6:38pm EST
Your poem is so very touching and sad. Too many women experience this. I don't think people can imagine the depth of their loss.
Beth G. Dec 24, 2008, 7:40pm EST
This was beautifully tragic, well done Terry!
MrsRoad Runner Dec 24, 2008, 8:25pm EST
Very sad!
I lost my first baby, my body attacked my baby!
My second baby, my first born my body went on another attack on him! My doctor would not tell me if he was a boy or a girl and he told me not to hope, this was the start of the true fight for life.
We won! My child has problems born way to early, jaundice, little, but we won!

Thank you for your very touching poem! Stirred up some emotions I have not touched in a while!
Shelbia C. Dec 25, 2008, 2:23am EST
This is a sad one
Karen F. Dec 25, 2008, 7:13am EST
That is so sad...I thought I was going to loose my second child like that but God blessed me and he is now 27.
Chana M. Dec 25, 2008, 11:08am EST
Sorry for the generic comment. Thank you for sharing this @ Art - Any Medium!
Terry Collett Dec 25, 2008, 2:41pm EST
Thank you all for reading & your comments.
Adrian Eve Revenaugh Dec 25, 2008, 6:06pm EST
Terry I've been visiting with ghosts a bit this season. theyre are several specific ones with whom I keep pretty close contact, but there were two little ones who only come back to visit on occasion.
I'm traveling today to visit with my first born, in NYC aged 26. He thinks, now and then of the brothers he would have had. Can't help it.
Parents get to know who these passing spirits are on such an amazing level. Part of the continuum.
Thank you for this. Gotta catch a flight.
Good Season, Sir
Angela A. Dec 26, 2008, 12:03am EST
Wow. After the second miscarriage, I would begin to wonder, if I was able to have kids..
And, I wouldn't try anymore..
Sad, sad, poem.
Maria Gilman-Nairne Dec 26, 2008, 6:59pm EST
Such a sad poem. Beautiful, but very very sad.
Kushal Poddar Apr 11, 2009, 9:10am EDT
Your poems have memories of their own.
…
Jumbo for a girl

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