Tears for the fallen
Gather like crystal dew drops
Painful yet precious
Tag: Solidarity
humble offering
Sometimes when life is hardest
and we feel the need to draw our swords
and brandish a flaming torch
it is precisely the moment
we need to put them away
and instead wrap our hearts
in silken handkerchiefs
to cushion their fall
They may be broken
but with gentleness
perhaps they won’t shatter
With no words
to really console
your broken heart
I can only offer
mine
The Mystery of Losing a Little One
Today I want to share with you an article I recently wrote about losing my little Josephine during labour. I’ve had a hard time doing much narrative about this event, and have mostly blogged poetry since it occurred, as it felt like a safer way to express myself somehow.
But I really felt called to share my experience and to reach out to other bereaved parents, so I was very pleased when the paper accepted my article. I’m posting the link to it in honour of a dear friend who lost her baby son three years ago today. Perhaps you can all send a little extra prayer her way. The pain of losing a little one comes and goes in waves, and I imagine it might be stronger again today. Honouring this in some way is part of healing.
The Mystery of Losing a Little One
So to all bereaved parents, I send you my deepest condolences, and stand with you in your pain. May you know that your children are still an amazing gift, and that you have been for them not so much a place of death, as a gate to Heaven.
May our little stars shine forth with their pure, sweet light and ever guide us home.
Song of Longing for Little Ones
United in grief we stand
here with our hearts in our hands
Walk with me pretty please
so I’m not alone
so I’m not alone
Reach through your pain
to touch mine
Let me heal yours
you heal mine
Together we’ll bear
this big weight
holding on tight
to ropes of grace
Let my tears
wash you clean
begin anew
to feel free
Love is strong
oh, so strong
It tramples death
with it’s song
“I am alive
forever alive
In your hearts
you know that’s right”
Our little ones sleep
but in peace
This is the joy
in our grief
Walk not alone
on this path
silently tread
so often before
Let my cry break
the prison of glass
that’s freezing your heart
that’s holding you back
Shout out your grief
let your heart thaw
In the warmth of the sun
things don’t feel so raw
Together we stand
united in grief
Love makes us whole
it makes us complete
Keep up your chin
sparkle a smile
You’ll see your little one
in a little while
Just East Of Crazy Land 