[tri-wings] Re: poems- long attachment

Oh boy, that second one got me.  I am sobbing....

Thanks for sharing these beautiful poems, Maureen.

Hugs,

Brenda - wife to Rich, mommy to Matthew Alexander(2), Grace Alexandra
(^i^ 8/31/03 full T-13) and Nicholas Andrew (arrived 8/10/04)

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Here are the poems: =20
Playland in Paradise=20
Where do small children soar on winged rocking  horses,=20
and play hopscotch from cloud to  cloud? ........................
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I'll Hold You in Heaven=20
The months have passed,=20
the pain has dulled a  little.=20
But your memory is still so strong.  =20
Though we hugged only thru  my=20
bulging belly, I loved you.=20
I recall patting you, touching you,  =20
holding you, as you were safe inside  me.=20
My mind still thinks of you  hourly;=20
still I think, "did this really happen?  =20
Did my baby really die? =20
Surely it's just a bad  dream!"=20
But it did happen, and now  you=20
impact everything I do and say and  think.=20
Never has anyone so deeply impacted my life.  =20
Never have I been so aware of others'  pain.=20
You gave me a gift in your life and death,  =20
of compassion, understanding and  =20
patience with others who are hurting,  =20
and for that I thank our Sovereign  God.=20
You gave me closer friends and new friends,  =20
and new insights into the Lord's  ways.=20
So out of all my pain and  heartache=20
some good has come.=20
I now find some comfort in knowing. . .  =20
I'll hold you in heaven! =20
Jill L. =20
Momma of Clara Anna =20
Stillborn July 4, 1995 =20
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I am still his mother=20
In a baby castle, just beyond my  eye=20
My baby plays with angel toys that money cannot  buy.=20
Who am I to wish him back into this world of  strife?
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