A Farewell To Arms
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A Farewell To Arms
I was expecting our first child.
Catherine, in love with Frederic,
was also happily pregnant.
She awakened unexpected,
strong, deep, overwhelming
maternal feelings inside me...
I felt how she felt...the love...
the fears, the anticipation...
and those hormonal tears.
Their beloved baby...stillborn;
mommy Catherine passes too.
So traumatic..broken hearts
full of hurt and grief.
And, there I was, my eyes
full of tears...heart full of fears,
chest heaving in sobs,
as I held and wrapped my arms
around my unborn child.
So precious is this new life
I am bringing into this world.
Sandra M. Haight
~2nd Place~
Contest: Life Lesson From a Favourite Novel
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Judged: 02/20/2018
Note: "A Farewell To Arms," by Ernest Hemingway. Character Frederic Henry is an American officer serving in an ambulance unit for the Italian Army during World War I. Catherine Barkley, is a Red Cross nurse he had met earlier, near the front, and they engage in an affair, and she becomes pregnant.
Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2016
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