STILLBORN

 Do you know the pain 

Of an empty crib

With a rattle that never shakes

And a cry that never was heard? 

 

Can you feel the tug of a 

A kick that was not birthed

And now lies in the earth

Somewhere still

 

Can you bear the weight 

Of an unborn womb that was filled 

But now the wind blows through? 

 

Will that uncried wail

Wake you at night? 

And will your breast reach 

For a mouth that will never suck?

 

Will it? 

It will be like the wind in the trees

Unheard, yet whipping

The twigs of your heartstrings

Leaving a wake unseen to all

Except to you. 

 

Pain

Grief

Quiet

Still

 

The rattle in the crib is stilled

Hush and taste the tears