Just Those Few Weeks
For just those few weeks
I had you to myself.
And that seems too short a time
to be changed so profoundly.
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,
Plans, dreams and aspirations.
A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.
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 died
and no one is mourning the passing.
Just a mere few weeks..
And no "normal" person would cry all night
Over a tiny unfinished baby,
or get depressed and withdraw day after endless day.
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 richer
and to give me a small glimpse of eternity.
-S. Erling
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How do you?
How do you love a person
who never got to be,
or try to envision a face
you never got to see?
How do you mourn the death of one
who never got to live.
When there's nothing to feel good about
and nothing to forgive?
I love you, my little baby,
my companion of the night.
Wandering through my lonely hours,
beautiful and bright.
What does it mean to die before
you ever were born,
to live the lovely night of life
and never see the dawn?
Ah! My little baby,
you lived like anyone!
Life's a burst of joy and pain.
And then like yours, it's done.
I love you, my little baby,
just as if you'd lived for years.
No more, no less, I think of you,
the Angel of my tears.
- Author Unknown
Sweet Heavenly Child
I ache to hold you near...
before I even knew you,
I felt your presence here.
Inside my womb I kept you,
ever peaceful from the storm...
I knew that you were always safe
and I knew that you were warm.
I never thought I'd lose you
before I saw your face...
but I know that you are happy
and living in a better place.
God must have spared my baby
from some unknown tragedy...
I know He'd never be unkind
or bring hurt and pain to me.
The days ahead will try me
as I come to terms with grief...
but through it all, there's comfort,
and God is my relief.
He'll hold me in His arms awhile
and shelter me with care...
time will take away the pain,
but the love will still be there.
- Jill Lemming
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