Nate- When a Baby Dies
Torrential rain
stabs at the ground as
I stand here still wearing shock
like a soldier in
war torn uniform
So recent was
the surgery that
removed
your lifeless body from mine
leaving me newly
without you
My wound fresh
my mind dazed
from blood soaking battle
I hear the Rabbi speaking
and see your
little
pine
coffin
as it is lowered
into the dirt
I know
so
well
your soul
that left
and
your
body
within it
wearing a tiny shirt
an embroidered teddy bear
sewn on the front
I dig the silver shovel
into the earth and lift
it toward
your resting place
I toss
the cold
damp
earth
gently
and as it lands
I lean forward
for a last
sight of you
though you can never again be seen
and suddenly my
words of my love of you
become louder than the
deafening rain,
my silence shattered
by my tormented
shout
beneath our
green tented covering
flapping in the wind
under the
sobbing skies
Nate; Poetry by
Susan M. Walker, 2014
Copyright © Susan Walker | Year Posted 2015
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