birthday

[Johntee]

birthday


enshrined in photographs

the life that swelled

held perfect

still-born quiet

quelled in equation

solved for X love equals loss

[RhymeLovingWriter]

An infant death? Saddest of sad. (Or is there such a thing?)

[Johntee]

Once on a time such deaths
before birth went unspoken of.
Strangely enough having posted
this breakfast composition yesterday
last night's local TV had a 27 week delivery
(ceased growing in the womb) celebrating a first birthday

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Awareness of the issue has grown, thank goodness, as the pain is none less real.