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A Life Is a Life

A life is a life no matter how small.
Today I cry for the unborn child
A baby who didn't make it at all
Still attached in the womb was a recall
That left the mother with out a child.
A life is a life no matter how small
A baby who's name never made it to land fall
Or to the live births to be filed.
A baby who didn't make it at all
Whose mother is wrapped in her shawl
Chilled.
A life is a life no matter how small
Oh! God. I know you'll consol
And help her rebuild.
She'll always remember a baby who didn't
Make it at all.
Yet, she'll be a mother again to a healthy baby
With a strong squall.
Then this mother will be fulfilled.
A life is a life no matter how small
I cry for a baby who didn't make it at all.

Copyright © Bette Bavington | Year Posted 2019

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/25/2019 1:33:00 AM This is so poignant and sad and true, and sad, and so so so so sad. I cannot help but climb in and out of sad, for I can feel it, and hear it screaming from this poem. You have done sad a justice indeed, honoring her as well as the lives who do not make it. Login to Reply Bette Bavington Date: 1/25/2019 8:06:00 AM Thank you Caren. I believe that like me there are so many women who go through this. It is not easy. Yet, God helps us to move on.

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 1/24/2019 11:57:00 AM Lovely sentiments, very deep with a hopeful wisp at the end, I like that. Thanks for sharing the heart ache and the hope xo Login to Reply Bette Bavington Date: 1/24/2019 12:03:00 PM Thank you.

Heidi Sands Date: 1/23/2019 6:02:00 PM A poem filled with truth and compassion. Well written :) Login to Reply Bette Bavington Date: 1/23/2019 6:11:00 PM Thank you. It means a lot.