Taken Away

Life happens when we enter the world

Life ends sometime sooner than it should

If we grow up to realize these facts

Then seeing a life cut short is difficult to grasp

Let me explain what sometimes occurs

Pointed out at as taboo to discuss as it were

Labeled as a still or sleeping child's birth

We begin to measure how much life is worth

Taking for granted the love we receive

We take it and leave it like leaves on a tree

When the season is right we accept the leaf

We give it love passing along what we received

When the seasons change and the leaf falls down

We accept it as if new love won't let us frown

And we wait for a new leaf to take it's place

We forget what the last leaf left in it's wake

But what happens when we change love to life?

This is my dilemma and the cause of strife

Life isn't replaceable like leaves on a tree

Once life is gone we can do nothing but grieve

If a life is long lived and their time has come

We don't try to resolve it with hopeless theorems

But when a child is born without the gift of breath

How can we possibly justify this form of death?

It's not fair we scream and curse to those around

A little baby's life stripped from us without even a sound

The devastation is difficult despite support from friends

We look for answers trying to justify why this life had to end

The truth is simple and may be hard to handle

Like a candle being snuffed, life is that fragile

But the pain I would suffer is nothing compared 

To the loss the mother feels when she is unprepared

Expecting to hear a cry when they feel the cold air

Silence in the room and then begins the scare

"I'm sorry", the doctor says with the mask over his face

What else can he do except offer an embrace?

After months of planning and a name being chosen 

Our joys are trashed and our lives are frozen

The love for the child was growing for so long

Dreams were dreamt and now it's all gone

We cry at night wondering if we will ever recover

Figuring someday we will.. better late than never

So we deal with the sorrow and accept the pain

And we heal with time and stop trying to place the blame

If you know of a mother who has suffered

Please be loving and above all be gentle

Emotions can be a force too strong to resist

When a child is taken without taking a glimpse