a long night’s sorrow

I wait for my baby

nine months I carried

deep within me hoarded

the kicking so real

the time has come

I look to my husband

no baby I see

I look to the doctor

where is he?

some cruel horrible joke

he is gone

he didn’t make it

 

I shout

screaming burning tears

my heart hurts

the pain in shudders flows

at first I cry

then here I am

numb

then there is nothing