by Terry Collett
Member since:
November 1, 2006

BABY DEATH.

May 30, 2008 04:16 AM EDT (Updated: July 26, 2009 02:45 PM EDT)
views: 142 | comments: 15

And she crossed the room
Hoping the baby
Would be there, and that
Maybe she got it

Wrong those months ago
And that the cot would
Be full again with
Sound and movement and

That baby chuckle
Noise that got her down;
But as she looked in
To the cot, the space

Yawned wide and dark black
And empty, and the
Only sound was the
Echo of that dumb 

Silence eating at
Her heart, undoing
Her mind from the start.
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Comments: 15

Bridget ♥ May 30, 2008, 4:17am EDT
how sad
Cheryl W. May 30, 2008, 5:47am EDT
Powerful, real and sad, Terry. Well done...
Granny Janny H. May 30, 2008, 9:26am EDT
Loss revealed strikes a universal chord.
Terry Collett May 30, 2008, 12:45pm EDT
I cannot find the artist of the painting. Poem by me and my muse. Dedicated to those who have lost.
Kitty Lone Hawk May 30, 2008, 12:58pm EDT
How sad and so poetically touching.
Kimberly Ripley May 30, 2008, 9:13pm EDT
Heartbreaking. Beautifully written.
Alison H. May 30, 2008, 9:23pm EDT
You got grief and its repercussions very well.....so moving.
Sweetbeth P. May 31, 2008, 2:06am EDT
So sad so very sad.
DIANE D. May 31, 2008, 5:49am EDT
very well writen
zale orcid May 31, 2008, 4:21pm EDT
speechless
pamela r. Jun 1, 2008, 9:19am EDT
wow--you really captured that grief well.
Shelbia C. Aug 4, 2008, 3:38am EDT
This is so poignant.

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