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MISCARRIAGE
by Melissa Arel
Taking shape within my womb
Seeded by love and dreams is
A child
Vomited from my uterus
Ripped from her only home
Rejected and abandoned
By my flesh and bone
My baby girl
Never given a chance to dance
Never given a chance to smile
A mother
Never given a chance to kiss
The cheek of her unborn child
08/26/2004 Author's Note: I didn't have a miscarriage, a friend of mine did. After trying for 7 years, they found out she was pregnant.. only to miscarry a week later. I felt so bad that I jotted this down.. its not amazing or particularly eloquent - just raw, like the feelings associated with it.
Posted on 08/26/2004
Copyright © 2024 Melissa Arel
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Maureen Glaude on 08/26/04 at 11:26 PM how sensitive and moving of you to write this for them. I was fortunate not to ever experience this loss either, but it's important to write about such ordeals and disappointments. Prayers for them all. Well done. |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 08/27/04 at 06:00 PM Searing and beautifully wrought...i would give this to your friend in tribute to her pain..it is that good Mel! |
| Posted by Ginette T Belle on 08/27/04 at 08:18 PM "Vomited from my uterus/Ripped from her only home/Rejected and abandoned/By my flesh and bone"...that stanza is amazing...the impact of this whole poem is quite powerful
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| Posted by Traci Mabats on 08/27/04 at 08:49 PM oh, thats so sad. |
| Posted by Emily Davidson on 01/05/05 at 09:33 PM really sad, but really touching. wonderful. |
| Posted by Allison Smith on 07/15/09 at 03:00 PM :'( |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 10/27/17 at 12:11 AM Very moving. Congrats on POTD! |
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