A poem for those who have lost a child

[jennymac]

I found this poem on a board for miscarriage support after I miscarried in Nov. At 7 weeks. It made me cry but it also gave me a sense of peace and I thought i would share it with whoever is interested.


Author Unknown
I thought of you and closed my eyes And prayed to Goddess today I asked "What makes a Mother?" And I know I heard Her say.
"A Mother has a baby" This we know is true "But Goddess can you be a Mother, When your baby's not with you?"
"Yes, you can," she replied With confidence in Her voice "I give many women babies, When they leave is not their choice.
Some I send for a lifetime, And others for the day. And some I send to feel your womb, But there's no need to stay."
"I just don't understand this Goddess I want my baby to be here." she took a deep breath and cleared Her throat, And then I saw the tear.
"I wish I could show you, What your child is doing today. If you could see your child's smile, With all the other children and say...
'We go to Earth to learn our lessons, Of love and life and fear. My Mommy loved me oh so much, I got to come strait here.
I feel so lucky to have a Mom, Who had so much love for me. I learned my lessons very quickly, My Mommy set me free.
I miss my Mommy oh so much, But I visit her every day. When she goes to sleep, On her pillow's where I lay
I stroke her hair and kiss her cheek, And whisper in her ear. Mommy don't be sad today, I'm your baby and I'm here.'
"So you see my dear sweet ones, your children are okay. Your babies are born here in My home, And this is where they'll stay.
They'll wait for you with Me, Until your lesson's through. And on the day that you come home they'll be at the gates for you.
So now you see what makes a Mother, It's the feeling in your heart it's the love you had so much of Right from the very start
Though some on earth may not realize, you are a Mother. Until their time is done. They'll be up here with Me one day and know that you are the best one!"

[Rain Gnosis]

Good poem. I got the same message myself in meditation one day, though obviously not in rhyme :)

If no one minds I'd like to post part of it from my journal,

I was meditating last night for a few minutes when thoughts crossed my mind - you know when you can't tell if it's your own inner voice, or the Gods, or maybe just you talking to yourself, but it doesn't matter because it makes sense?

That voice spoke to me in meditation. It told me I had been a vehicle by which certain souls were able to incarnate long enough to learn what they needed before they went back to the Goddess (or Heaven, or the Void, or whatever you want to call that place that is not a place, before life and after death), that they lived and were loved and left again. That I had taken a place in the cycle of life as important as any mother with living children, and that their living and dying was not caused by my failure, but by my strength in being the vehicle by which they could learn what they needed to. The feeling was like "you think you screwed up, you think you weren't good enough - instead you fulfilled an important role and you are loved and thanked for it".

[Ravens_Tears]

:huddle:

[Hope]

thanks ---- that is very nice

made me cry too


love
hope

[Joie]

Thank you for that poem. I lost my baby three years ago and I still can't seem to let it go. It's funny that the poem hints at that childern come just to get bodies basicly. That's what my friend told me who's a Latter Day Saint. Very intersting theory. I like it, i think.

[BethieRose]

Thank you for sharing the poem and meditations. It goes along very much with my own thoughts about my son, and it's nice to know there are other Moms who have felt the same about their children. It's sometimes hard to accept that a small child was sent to Earth to endure pain and suffering such as my son went through, but it is easier to understand and acknowledge when looked at fromt he view that he was an older soul who came to learn something he had not learned in another life.

It's funny...so many of these poems and thoughts are being brought up on the boards I visit the past few days. We're approaching the one year anniversary of our son's death, and all these people are posting things that bring him to mind again.