Sids Poems

Thelma:SIDS

It was evening when you went away,
I wondered where did you go.
While your twin sister was left cooing, 
and playing with her toes.

Come along kids they told us,
don’t worry, nothing is wrong.
But I saw the tears on their cheeks,
as they hurried us along.

I heard them say you gave no warning,
no crying or gasping for a

Categories: sids, death,
Form: Rhyme

Sixgun Sids Day In Court - Mildly Bawdy

[For the uninitiated or for the inebriated
Or because I fear my story might be underrated
I feel I should advise you using any fact that fits
That Sixgun Sid has wooden legs and other wooden bits.]

Categories: sids, humorous, western,
Form: Rhyme

Invocation

May these words upon my breast
seek to help and heal and deliver
for these times we may shiver
at tricks the evil lay at our feet
in our minds on our street
that we may fall but for the call of the lord

For he is not the author of confusion
winged prayers will lift us in unison
and the sweetest spirits

Categories: sids, bereavement, child, christian, dedication,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Sighs of Lullabies

the consecrate rose
sits on the bureau 
its petals ebonized
now delicate
like life

the tempo of night
strums through whispers
of gentle wind
beneath the tones
of a lullaby
as shadows rock
back and forth
on roseate walls
while obtuse thoughts
peek in and out of mind
like the indigent moon
shrouded by clouds

she suckles on thoughts
as she kisses the infant
the press of hard glass
kissing back through the edges
of

Categories: sids, baby, death, loss,
Form: Free verse

Sids Survivor

Searching for some answers while constantly trying to ease the pain
Inquiring straight to God above, I ask him who was to blame
Despite of our imperfections, he reassured that it was his call
She was needed back up in Heaven to assist him when we fall

Sympathetic to our suffering, he tries to wipe the tears away
Understand this

Categories: sids, death, faith, inspirational, loss,
Form: Acrostic