a simple gesture

My hand settles on my stomach for no reason
It wasn't long ago that the gesture made me smile
Knowledge that it lay atop a child that was created with love

Now the gesture only brings tears to my eyes
For our child, we've been told, no longer grows within
A loss so sudden and without warning

Little things like this happen now and again
Since the day we heart the heartbreaking news
Hopes and dreams shattered in an instant

Shattered things can be put back together with time
But the cause is never forgotten even when things have healed
We may move on but never will it leave our minds


Tears of happiness, the day our dreams and hopes became more.
Tears of sadness, the day they were taken away suddenly.
Tears of remembrance, now and then for all that could have been.
Tears of acceptance, when we feel the time is right to try again.
Tears of a Mother who lost a child she never got to know.


By: Holly R. Schultz