A Father's Grief

It must be very difficult
To be a man in grief,
Since "men don't cry" and "men are strong,"
No tears can bring relief.


It must be very difficult
To stand up to the test,
And field the calls and visitors
So she can get some rest.


They always ask if she's alright
And what she's going through.
But seldom take his hand and ask,
"My friend, but how are you?"


He hears her crying in the night
And thinks his heart will break.
He dries her tears and comforts her,
But "stays strong" for her sake.


It must be very difficult
To start each day anew.
And try to be so very brave-
He lost his baby too.


-Author Unknown

Celebration
This day will be a celebration
Of the short time you were here.
You will always be remembered
With great love and sometimes tears.

But only to feel pain and sorrow
Would not be quite fair to you.
Your life meant much more to me
More than I ever knew.

You were here so briefly,
I wonder if you know.
All the ways you've touched my world
Since the day God called you home.

Now, my child, you're an angel
With your heavenly Father above.
I see not only what I've lost
But my capacity of love.

There will always be a big void
My soul will grieve forever.
Will i forget or stop loving you?
No, not now... ... not ever.

As this sad day is upon me
Oh! How my heart still hurts.
But even as I mourn your death
I celebrate your birth.

By: Gail Fasolo

Before you were conceived, I wanted you.
Before you were born, I loved you.
Before you were here an hour, I would die for you.
This is the miracle of love.

by Maureen Hawkins

My Name (Song by George Canyon)
It’s cold in here feels like everything’s upside down
I can feel you talking but I can barley make out the sound
I been kicking around these parts, feels like a year
I’m gonna change this world if I ever get out of here
She wants to dress me in pink, paint’s my bedroom blue
And I just laugh to myself, cause only I know the truth
This love is my only emotion
Haven’t learned any fear any pain
It’s kind of funny with all this commotion
I guess they’ve got me, to blame
They don’t even know my name
They don’t even know my name

Well I’ve never felt so ready, think it’s finally time
Cause that big old world is waiting, and it’s mine all mine
Just then everything got real quiet, it got real bright
And a man took my hand said don’t worry, Mommas gonna be alright
Then he opened the gate, & I followed him in
Said you can wait right, here till it’s your turn again
And his love is the one true emotion
Heaven knows no fear no pain
I never got to set my wheels in motion
They loved me just the same
And they didn't even know my name
Didn’t even know my name
You loved me just the same
And you didn’t even know my name

A those poems are just beautiful. Although I could never imagine what people go through having lost children, those poems just made me cry.

The first one got me

My mommy wrote this for our dd we lost in 2006

A~is for Angel,so beautiful and rare
S~is for Sad,we cry because we care
H~is for Hurt,the day you were born
L~is for Lost,our hearts feel torn
Y~is for You,that our tears fall
N~is for Never,will we forget you at all