Just when I couldn't find the words to explain how I've been feeling, the doctor handed me a paper with this poem on it:
For those few weeks...I had you to myself.
That seems too short a time
to be changed so profoundly.
In those few weeks
I came to know you...and to love you.
In those few weeks
I came to know you...and to love you.
You came to trust me with your life,
oh, what a life I had planned for you!
Just those few weeks-
When I lost you,
I lost a lifetime of hopes,
Just those few weeks-
When I lost you,
I lost a lifetime of hopes,
plans, dreams, and aspirations
A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.
Just those few weeks-
It wasn't enough time to convince others
Just those few weeks-
It wasn't enough time to convince others
how special and important you were.
How odd, a truly unique person has recently passed
and no one is mourning about the passing.
Just a mere few weeks-
and no "normal" personal would cry all night
Just a mere few weeks-
and no "normal" personal would cry all night
over a tiny, fragile baby,
or get depressed and withdrawn day after endless day...
No one would, so why am I?
No one would, so why am I?
You were just those few weeks, MY LITTLE ONE
You darted in and out of my life too quickly.
But it seems that's all the time you needed
to make my life so much richer and...
to give me a small glimpse of eternity....
-Susan Erling
That's beautiful Sam! I can't begin to imagine what you and your family have been and are still going through, but you are still in our thoughts and prayers everyday. **Hugs!**
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite poems ever..I had it posted on my blog that I started when our twins were stillborn. Hugs to you today!!
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