Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) - Poems

With Pain and Love

By Mark Levin

A cry unheard, a hug not felt
by two with hearts in pain.

A life to share, a life unknown
as death takes one so small.

They never knew; how could they know
a boy who lived inside.

But still the love they came to feel
was strong and grew each day.

And with this love they built a dream
a dream that cannot be.

Of happy hours and days of joy
to share a newborn life.

But now they share the grief of loss
and try to live each day.

For though he’s gone they both remain
their lives still must go on.

The pain and fear time will ease
and soon they’ll try again.

To bring a life into the world
and learn to love anew.

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