Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) - Poems

Kindred Souls Are We

By Veronica Partridge, 25 March 2006

Kindred souls are we, parents who have lost our child.
Mothers bereaved and full of grief who know not what it is to smile.
Fathers stand by still and so strong,
Fear showing their feelings will leave their families forlorn.
Hearts shattered, no piece left in sight.
Breathing takes all of our strength and might.
Caring not much for what we have left.
Nothing else that could happen could take us to any further depths.
How sad the same stories uttered over and again.
Leaving us still with only memories writhing in pain.
Our lives forever changed in just a moment's time.
Now weighing in the balance are our hearts and minds.
Who would have thought, even for a moment, that we'd ever lose our precious one?
It's such an unnatural, out of order devastation it renders us all undone.
Well wishers try their very best to understand and to offer advice,
They tell us out of their well intended ignorance we need to get on with our lives.
What do they know, meaning no disrespect or ungratefulness?
Unless you're a member of this heart wrenching club you can't truly fathom its profound distress.
If the truth to be told as realistic as I can be
I wish the pain could stop right here ending with me.
I wish other parents would never have to endure these very feelings have I.
I wish for no others to have to miss their sweet angels and kiss them goodbye.
For somewhere in heaven there is a place our children all play
And it's this very hope that we'll all meet again on that very blessed day.
Jesus hold us and keep us till when your Father calls us home.
Keep our faith strong and hearts beating for it won't be too long.
To us it may feel like an eternity here on Earth.
Especially for us mothers who gave these precious angels birth.
We believe in God's promises it's all that we have
It's what keeps us going each day even when we feel so sad.
Kindred souls are we, parents who have lost our child.
Mothers bereaved and full of grief who know not what it is to smile.

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