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Some couples are not destined to have a family -or each other
In Valid Feelings |
| by Lloyd Klumpp |
| Within you was a burning need I could not satisfy. My broken seed would not allow The joining of our essence. So we turned to science To find a way to mimic Or bypass natures tools, And give us new life. High with hopes and full of love We learned of methods used. Of ova, sperm and embryo, Of ultrasound and drugs. But soon reality crushed us. There was no excitement here. Instead of flesh and pleasure There was cold hard steel and pain. I can't erase the etching Scraped into my mind, Of the needles given to you, Some driven by my hand. Your tears of pain were echoed In every part of me. Each stab a mortal wound To our unity once strong. The spark was then rekindled When under the microscope We saw groups of cells, Clumped together, Fusions of you and I. An agonizing wait, A nervous phone call made. Soaring hope came crashing down. Those tiny threads of life were no more, Lost, Gone. Emptiness invaded us Shattering dreams of if. Grief pervading every breath Despite the briefness of that flicker. We mourned the passing Of those tiny lives made of us, Then buried the remains Of all that once was 'we'. Your need remains unfulfilled. My guilt is justified. |
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jennifer
ur poem really touched me nice job
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