“Angel”
To my tiny unborn soul
Whose life never came to be
It doesn’t mean I love you less
But would your life have made less of me
Oh to be a mother
A blessing to be sure
The circle of life completed
A birth is something so pure
Is that all I am supposed to do
Is that all that’s expected of me
It sounds so selfish
But is that all I really mean
I chose not to give you life
You came to me too soon
I knew I could never give you
The sun , the stars, the moon
If I can’t do it in this life
Should others make that call
Should those who rule the land today
Decide a woman’s life at all
And so my little Angel
I will keep you in my heart
If we meet again someday
May we never be apart
About this poem
This is about having to make a choice whether to bring a child into the world , the ramifications of that, heartbreak , and whether laws should legislate that choice .
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Written on October 15, 2021
Submitted by Terrilou on February 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CAXX DECE DFGF XHGH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 670 |
Words | 148 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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