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ELEGY TO LOST CHILD
Elegy to Child Lost
Passion's love to our despair
Casts a prideful cosmic dare--
Like Prizing intimate caress
Babe snug beneath a mother's breast
Senses at this time are keen
There's no secret kept between
Loving mother, wriggling babe
Wanted , dreamed of, much delayed
But a twin was also loved
Some say natures method proved
That one twin may give all to mate---
Sacrifice that decimates
No other eyes would see babe's smiles--
Mama felt legs wander miles
And daring feet that danced in tunes
Arms that swam to Celtic croons
When babe vanished--not a sound
Mother 's ache was felt profound
Tempted so to trail behind
Escaping shattered troubled mind
Squelching sorrow's hungry arms
She Tried forget babe's tiny charms
Never spoke of-- never mourned
By her husband she was warned
Was best to forget a child so lost
Funerals, gravestones--such a cost--
But the years have called babe near
Mother's journal writ in tears:
'Please forgive my selfish heart
Repressed from all this tragic part
Of your sacrificial act--
You left your cherished twin intact'
There is no law of random acts
though doctors study science facts
It may be that in the womb
When both spring flowers cannot bloom
One bold twin refrains to eat
Allows the other to complete
Hardy growth that life requires
Sparks survival's crucial hours
Not an accident 'tis sure--
Boldest spirits blossom pure.
Victoria Anderson-Throop ©
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