Sad Day

Hearts tattered and dilapidated
Eyes warn with worry, looks vacated
These souls beaten and exhausted
Their love devoured by a raven

Birth of a child with a crib now empty
Baby food jars uneaten, dippers unused
Thoughts now linger with no purpose
Time no longer has a meaning, it has stopped

She carried a child to full term 
Nine glorious months of laughter and cheer
Planing and organizing then naming
This name now placed upon a stone

Years have now passed this name still appears
Memories never to be forgotten, of that day
The day their son was placed into Gods arms
Life moved on but their thoughts have stayed

On the Day their son passed away

“Written for my Niece and her husband each year since his death they have a gathering letting balloons go up into the air it has now been 18 years”
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Cunningham Avatar
September 18, 2020 at 1:35 AM
So sad Bobby, no parent should have to lose a precious child. It's a lovely thing that they do keeping his memory alive. Tom
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September 18, 2020 at 1:37 AM
Thank you Tom!!
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