What Will Grow

A poem submitted for our current theme of  What Will Grow

What Will Grow

By: Joanne Dippel

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When a mother carries a new life inside her,

Most often, thankfully, it will grow.

Sometimes, though, for reasons that can't be right,

Things go way too wrong

A baby is never born.

For the parents, for the world

There is not rejoicing

There is sadness.

There is not richness

There is a void.

The void will always be there.

Soon though, life returns.

Caring is shown, arms are extended,

A mother is loved in new and touching ways.

Tears fall and there are angry exclamations, questions

But laughter rings out too and joy can be felt.

As time passes, a new perspective grows.

Having known more, a mother can feel more

And understand better those who have lost too.

Living more deeply, she will have more compassion

And life will be richer.

For reasons that are bad, in ways that are good,

A mother will grow

And because of her lost baby

The world will never be quite the same.


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