Memories

Dark hair

Tiny hands
A crooked foot
A nose so small
Eyes ever closed
Breath so faint
It almost wasn’t
A heart
So challenged
It couldn’t quite work
To keep you alive
You came out all purple
Your skin looked so dark
Your breath was so fragile
Your cry was so small

Yet the love that we carry

Is overwhelmingly large
My heart feels so full
Like it’s likely to burst
My arms ache to hold you
Just a little bit more
My tears wet my pillow
Daddy’s shoulders
My face
Each teardrop an ocean
Filled with love
For my sweet babe
Gone to heaven
Not here

No, not in my arms

Just in my heart
and my memories.