Losing A Child
Losing a Child
Losing a child is pure hell
It rips your heart out.
It tears you down to your very soul
Losing a child
Threatens your sanity
It kicks you down to your lowest point
Losing a child
Makes you feel like you should be the one in the casket
Makes you so depressed that you wish you were dead
Losing a child
Makes you so angry at God and you shout at Him and ask "Why?"
About this poem
This poem was written five years after my son passed away at twenty-eight. Writing this poem opened the flood gates of grief I had experienced after losing my first-born child. This poem is also an expression of the grief I feel five years after losing my daughter at thirty-four.
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Written on October 22, 2012
Submitted by sharonc.96900 on October 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | A xxx Axx Axx Ax |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 86 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 3, 2 |
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