Perhaps our sorrow comes from things
That died, as we our choices made;
A ghost of something never born,
A story stopped from existing.
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That would have left me unborn which would have been ALRIGHT with me. I do not feel life is sacred, especially if an 'unborn', stillborn, aborted, or never-begun ife makes life 'better' for a potential parent. bri ;)
One of my mom's kids was stillborn & 5 'successful' pregnancies followed though she had wished to stop sooner with just 3 kids.
I came to this poem, this topic, unwittingly, by a rather strange pathway.
Patti, your poem was a bit unclear for me to understand your intent. I sometimes feel I don't want life & should have had some say about me being born. : ) bri