Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) - Poems

I Cut the Cords

Mary Joe Hannford

I cut the cords that
laced us together
one by one.
As we slip gently apart
the pain is hard to bear.
But as each recovery
moves from step to step,
I take another move
towards separation.
I cut the cords that
laced us together
but hold to one
remaining there.
You were so dear to me,
I shall forever hold
tenaciously
to that last cord of memory
and feel that you are
always there.

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