Maternal misgivings
Miscarriage numbs
Shades of silence separate us
Sorrow prevails
Suspended in shadows
Marriage meltdown
In grief defeated.
Barren and bewildered
Love lies
Dormant in the dust.
Test-tube babies
Twin harbingers of joy
Anchored in re-kindled love
Sunshine streams through
The clouds
©Alison Jean Hankinson
This is for d’Verse where we were asked to use the word “shade”.
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I’m so very glad this has a joyful ending!!! 🙂
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You write of great hardship, so much loss. At last, the ending filled with joy!
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It was the most wonderful joy.
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For sure
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and “sunshine streams through!’… beautiful
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Shades of sorrow, but won over by the sunshine of new life!
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I am happy for that twin bundles of joy!
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The last stanza is my favorite.
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From sorrow to joy … the pages of life. Beautifully expressed.
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I liked the description of separation caused by silence as a form of shade.
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Shades of silence separate…. very poignant and powerful poem with a sweet and happy ending.
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