Please just let me cry

Please, don’t ask if I’m over it yet.

I will never be over it.

Please, don’t tell me he’s in a better place.

He isn’t here with me.

Please, don’t tell me he isn’t suffering,

I haven’t come to terms with

Why he had to suffer at all.

Please, don’t tell me that you know how I feel,

Unless you’ve lost a child, too.

Please, don’t ask me if I feel better.

Bereavement isn’t a condition that clears up.

Please, don’t tell me at least you

Had him for sometime…

When would you chose for your child to die?

Please, don’t tell me God never gives

Us more than we can bear.

Please, just say your sorry.

Please, just say you remember my child,

If you do.

Please, just mention their name.

Please, just let me cry.

For

"Baby J"

23 July 2005