Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) - Poems

A Grieving Parent Is

By Judy Skapnik

A grieving parent is someone who will
never forget their child no matter how painful memories are.

A grieving parent is someone who yearns to be with their
dead but cannot conceive leaving their living ones.

A grieving parent is someone who has part of a heart as
the rest is buried with their child.

A grieving parent is someone who begs for relief from
the memories which plague them and then feels guilty when they get it.

A grieving parent is someone who pretends to be happy
and enjoying life when they really are dying inside.

A grieving parent is someone who can cry or laugh at
the drop of a hat whenever they remember their beloved child.

A grieving parent is someone who feels as if they just lost
their child yesterday no matter how much time has passed.

A grieving parent is someone who fears for their remaining
family because they cannot bear to have any more losses.

A grieving parent is someone who sits by their child's gravestone and feels a knife stabbing their heart.

A grieving parent is someone who wants to help others who
have lost loved ones because somehow their loss is theirs all over again.

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