Poems for Early Pregnancy Loss
Like a Shooting Star
Author Unknown
Like a shooting star
Passing through the night sky,
Our first baby passed quickly through our lives
Taking with her a lifetime of hopes
And dreams we had for here.
But she has left footprints on our hearts
And brought clarity to our lives.
Energized by our love,
She is guardian of our memories of what was
And our dreams of what someday may be.
I Let Myself Love You
By Shawna Ellis
I let myself love you
As soon as I knew
I let myself love you
But you left too soon
I knew I might lose you
Just like I lost my other
I knew I might lose you
But I am your mother
I wanted to keep you
And watch you grow
I wanted to keep you
But I should have known
I cried when I lost you
Because I loved you from the start
I cried when I lost you
Your death broke my heart
Now I just miss you
I want you here with me
Now I just miss you
My baby unseen
I let myself love you
There was no other way
I let myself love you
But I will meet you one day
Shawna wrote this poem, which was published in Sharing, in memory of her baby she miscarried in May 2003. Shawna and her husband William also experienced miscarriages in April 2002 and October 2003
Just Those Few Weeks
By Susan Erling
For 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 love you too.
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 hope,
plans, dreams, and aspirations...
A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.
Just those few weeks -
It wasn't enough 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 these 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 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 give me a small glimpse of eternity.
