Why can't Heaven send you back to me?
No one can comprehend the loss of a child. We can only have empathy and compassion and hold space for those who are struggling to deal with the process.
Why can't Heaven send you back to me?
By Michelle Morris
12/10/2024
In that sterile room
Where they took you away
I was left empty and bereft
It was a most awful day
That coffin was so tiny
Holding your soft, loved form
I wanted to reach down and join you
Lie in the earth and feel some warmth
But all was cold and dark
In the earth and in my mind
Throughout that dismal graveyard
Where Death looked around and smiled
People all around me
Yet feeling alone and afraid
What good are religious rites
When they can't stop the pain?
Tears rolled down my face
Rivers of loss and mourning
Nothing would console me
I could not imagine new days dawning
Why can't God rewind Time for me?
Why can't God erase these Feelings?
Why can't Heaven send you back to me?
Why can't you be part of my Eden?
I guess it's not for me to know
This side of the veil
I guess I'll have to wait
Until I'm part of this graveyard's names
My Soul once more will be Free
Beyond Earth's corporeal bonds
Together we'll be forever, my sweet
Love and Light in Heaven's arms
© Michelle Morris, 2024
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