I have no words of poetry
to write of on this day,
for it was a year ago
that I heard the Doctor say
those words of devastation
that changed my life forever more.
And with those words
He opened up the hurting door.
My baby died,
She wasn't living, no heartbeat.
And she wouldn't get to cry
when we would finally meet.
A year ago,
can it be?
The time has flown.
I can scarecly see....
My womb is still bare.
I cry in despair,
and pray to God that soon,
another child will  be there.
By Stephanie Marottek
March 2, 2001
Another pink rose
a year gone by
Still empty inside
and I cry.....
Can it really be
this date already?
I dread it so
yet here it is, I see.
I celebrate a year
not of blessed life
but a year
of anguish and grief.
I see that rose
and I think of the one
I placed on her grave
when the funeral was done.
The ache I felt then
hasn't gone away.
If anything
I feel it more today.
Another pink rose
just like before
still empty inside
longing for more.
By Stephanie Marottek
March 2, 2001
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