For mothers,
A lament.


To Lose a Child



Oh God!
To lose a
Child.

The slaying
Of your firstborn,
Too unbearable
To carry.

A mother's
Grief,
Has no fathom.

A father's
Desolation,
No end.

A brother's
Searing loss,
Burnt into
His reflection.

Every mother's
Worst nightmare,
Come true.

Dashing her
Heart out,
On the rocks
Of his death.



Poetry by Esti D-G The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2008-03-04 at 22:39

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Rob Graber
A powerful lament indeed! The last stanza is just awfully effective...
2008-03-05


Kathy Lockhart
oh this is so close to my heart. I haven't lost a child but my sister lost two grandchildren, a daughter n law and my nephew lost his 2 children and his wife by a murderer's hands in a nightmare night that never ends.
2008-03-05


Aisha Razem
this is the first time i touch the hissing of ( mother's poems in fact to put truth squeesed like this )
you wrote it , you know it exactly , you expressed what is furtherer , thanks in poetry to stand

Aisha
2008-03-04