by t b.
Member since:
December 15, 2006

My Poor Baby

August 22, 2009 06:41 PM UTC
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My Poor Baby

 

They sent you home today,

Without your beautiful baby boy and girl.

 

You called a few moments ago.

Broke my heart to hear you sob for leaving them.

 

I didn’t tell you my face was

Already wet with the tears of your parting.

 

Soon Tyson and Sadie will

Be home with their loving mama and daddy.

 

My poor baby, I love you.

Those tears will be joyful ones within a week.

Comments: 30

Kasey Klein Aug 22, 2009, 6:48pm UTC
The Circle of Life.

Nuff said.
Kasey Klein Aug 22, 2009, 6:49pm UTC
I wrote that before I read your tags.
t b. Aug 22, 2009, 7:00pm UTC
Because that's what it is.

When they are old enough to complain about their parents, I will tell them how their mama cried when she had to leave them at the hospital to finish developing.
Loretta E. Aug 22, 2009, 7:05pm UTC
so true
Kasey Klein Aug 22, 2009, 7:15pm UTC
The circle of life, Terry, is one of the manifold reason I choose not to have children, that I might/would visit the horrors on my children that my parents devastated my landscape with.
Wanda H. Aug 22, 2009, 7:36pm UTC
Ah, but Karl, that doesn't always happen. Instead the chain of devastation is broken as it was in my case.
Kasey Klein Aug 22, 2009, 7:55pm UTC
I've not been willing to throw the dice, Wanda. My parents were not mean people. My parents were not evil people. My parents were pretty average, well-meaning people.

And, boy, did they f*** up.
t b. Aug 22, 2009, 7:59pm UTC
When I was twenty, my sister moved in with me for a time. We had many long, painful talks about our childhood.
The end result? We pledged not to verbally or physically abuse our children. The promise made between two women, still to this day trying to heal from our own childhoods.

If we had just owned it, as Karl advises, we would be healthier, happier women today.
t b. Aug 22, 2009, 8:01pm UTC
Oh, and we did pretty well at it, though I know I could have done better.
Kasey Klein Aug 22, 2009, 8:11pm UTC
In my youth, I vilified my parents. Spin, we wish to validate. That's where the owning comes in, to understand others as people, too. As people, we all deserve an honest story.

Objective rendering of character. To me, that's the basis of great writing.
Lisa Frost Bailey Aug 22, 2009, 6:58pm UTC
Hugs to your family! Poignant story.
Kevin E. Aug 22, 2009, 8:27pm UTC
What a beautiful poem and a fascinating one at that.
t b. Aug 22, 2009, 8:32pm UTC
"Every picture tells a story"
So does my poetry.
Hi Kev.
Kevin E. Aug 22, 2009, 8:34pm UTC
Hello my good friend!
Cheryl W. Aug 22, 2009, 9:53pm UTC
Aww...good poem.
Sue * Aug 22, 2009, 11:28pm UTC
Oh, I've missed so many things around here. Twins? How wonderful. My son was born 2 months early, and came home from the hospital on his 2 month birthday. He had only been bottle feeding a few days, but he was thriving very quickly. Congratulations to all, and while it is hard to leave them I'm sure, it will be a wonderful celebration when they go home.
Kushal Poddar Aug 22, 2009, 11:53pm UTC
tb this poem unfurls many memories.
penni d. Aug 22, 2009, 11:53pm UTC
I will keep a prayer in my heart for them, t b....... I missed a lot the last two weeks, as I was out of town.
Ruth Luce Aug 23, 2009, 7:22pm UTC
It's as if yesterday, my giving birth, one was all I'd ever have. I was so anxious to take my baby, leave that hospital, just go home and start being his mom! Surprisingly, less than 24 hours after delivery they were willing to discharge me and let me go home, I was thrilled...................until they informed me my son couldn't leave just yet. Well, no freakin way, I couldn't leave him, stayed another 2 days and we left together. Only 2 days. Can't imagine.
You've so very well invoked the horror, shock, disbelief and sorrow at a mom's concern for her baby, and their babies, to not be able to be with them.........just take them home. Well done
David W. Aug 23, 2009, 10:50pm UTC
There is no greater fear then being seperated from ones child. I lost two and do not wish those horrors on anybody.

I do not cry anymore, but this poem grabbed me, hard.
Karen D. Aug 23, 2009, 11:05pm UTC
All the best for those little ones...
Ed Da Head Toker Aug 23, 2009, 11:35pm UTC
Oh the trouble of twins.
And the joy of twins as well...
t b. Aug 24, 2009, 11:43pm UTC
Tyson comes home tomorrow. Sadie still needs to finish her bottle before passing back out.

Today I held Sadie for the first time. Fed her too! It was like holding my daughter for the first time.

I said to her: Remember me? I'm the one who talked to you in your mama's belly for 8 months. I'm the one who said " Say Grandma, say grandma" I am your grandma and I've loved you for a long time now." Sadie just kept smiling.
necee t. Aug 25, 2009, 10:06pm UTC
ooh wow, t.b. congratulations... what a bittersweet poem, but Sadie and Tyson have a whole lifetime to be with their loving family now... God bless always...
keep in touch... love and hugs...
Curt L. Aug 26, 2009, 1:05pm UTC
Unusual and poignant.
Great writing, my friend!
tammy b. Sep 1, 2009, 12:07am UTC
One of the hardest things in life, being a parent, and having to leave your children in the care of strangers. I hope things will be ok.
Marge H. Sep 4, 2009, 1:38pm UTC
Bittersweet. Excellent writing. Brought back some painful memories for me.

I hope Sadie is home by now too. Congratulations on those precious babies, grandma.
William Dotani Sep 9, 2009, 10:01am UTC
The pain of separation is well put in your verse.

I hope all is now well and the babies are healthy.
Terry Collett May 29, 2012, 2:26pm UTC
Moving poem.

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