Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) - Poems

Do You Know How I Feel

By Gail Scheeler

Do you know how I feel
when you throw your shoulders way back
in order to emphasize
your oversized stomach?

Do you know how I feel
when I hear your complaints
about nausea, back aches
and labor pains?

Do you know how I feel
after all I have tried
and still don’t have
the baby you have inside.

We both deserve babies
after the losses we’ve been through.
And even though it hurts
I am glad for you.

Do you know how I feel?
I think you do,
because not too long ago
you were in my shoes.

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