I found this beautiful poem at the back of the Miscarriage brochure and although it makes me cry (more), I think it’s a fitting end to this diary… and I hope it’s not too long before I start my new journey.

 

Just Those Few Weeks

By Susan Erling

 

For those few weeks -

I had you to myself.

And that seems too short a time

to be changed so profoundly.

 

In those few weeks -

I came to know you…

and to love you.

You came to trust me with your life.

Oh, what a life I had planned for you!

 

Just those few weeks –

When I lost you,

I lost a lifetime of hopes,

plans, dreams and aspirations…

A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.

 

Just those few weeks –

It wasn’t enough time to convince others

how special and important you were.

How odd, a truly unique person has recently died

and no one is mourning the passing

 

Just a mere few weeks –

And no “normal” person would cry all night

over a tiny, unfinished baby,

or get depressed and withdraw day after endless day.

No one would, so why am I?

 

You were just those few weeks my little one

you darted in and out of life too quickly.

But it seems that’s all the time you needed

to make my life so much richer

and give me a small glimpse of eternity.