Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) - Poems

I Wanted

I wanted to play with the new one,
to laugh, to have fun

I wanted to clean, to mess,
to tickle the new one
I wanted, I wanted

I wanted to make funny faces
at the new one,
to sing him lullabies
I wanted, I wanted

I wanted to create a world of magic
with green hills and white blossoms,
just for me and the new one
I wanted, I wanted

I wanted to hold, to caress,
to make the new one laugh
I wanted, I wanted

I wanted to teach the new one
to catch snowflakes on his tongue
in the cold harsh winter,
to stay outside in the spring rain
I wanted, I wanted
But I never got.

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