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Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide

Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide

Bury My Heart-A Poem about Losing a Child

Bury My Heart-A Poem About Losing A Child Bury My Heart (for Dylan) Bury my heart I’ve come undone, Sorting through this life My son left behind. And what I’m seeking I know I’ll never find, His touch, his smile— His still living his life. And so instead I sift through A still-life dream, My…

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He Left Too Soon: A Poem About Losing a Child

He Left Too Soon: A Poem About Losing a Child He Left Too Soon He left too soon— Lifting life from June, Casting torrents of rain His absence— Breath of pain whose exhale can only bring Heart heaving, this beating of tears Breaking loose— All hell in earth’s upturned rupture, Death shoveling shadows over me…

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The Agony of Guilt in Grief: That All of Love Could Sweep Time Back

The Agony of Guilt in Grief: That All of Love Could Sweep Time Back That All of Love Could Sweep Time Back Should’ve, would’ve, could’ve, If I’d only come to see, That might I future forward live To see all eternity. That I might know when and where somehow, And here and now then see,…

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I Will Seek Until I Find You-A Poem About Losing a Child

I Will Seek Until I Find You: A Poem About Losing a Child I Will Seek Until I Find You And where will you run when arms reach (but you’re not mine) When I can feel still so strongly (holding you still in my arms) From here frantic I search wildly (but cannot ever now…

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A Poem About Losing a Child: If Earth Were Sky and Sky Above

A Poem About Losing a Child: If Earth Were Sky and Sky Above If earth were sky and sky above Then heart could hold this ache of love, Suspended, like rain, in clouds wanting to fall, But bound to sun’s joy because heart touches all. I fall ‘ere so slowly most cannot yet tell My…

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A Poem About Losing My Son-Derecho: A Storm Out of Nowhere

Derecho (A Storm Out of Nowhere) Heart heaving, this beating of tearsBreaking loose—All hell in earth’s upturned ruptureBeth Brown, “Derecho” My Forever Son June 29, 2012–Funeral for my son. 101 degrees dropping to 73 degrees in a matter of minutes. Whirling wind. Gusts of whipping wind. Snapping wind. Dark skies. Clotted clouds. Midday sun going…

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“Once Upon a Blue-Sky Moon”-A Poem About Losing a Child to Suicide

Once Upon a Blue-Sky Moon Once Upon a Blue-Sky Moon (for Dylan) And once upon a blue-sky moon, We sailed our ships in your bedroom, With stars for light, we fled the dark But the lightening flashed, And the sky grew dark. You tucked away your childhood dreams On wings that soared beyond infinity, Your…

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Beat Still My Heart-A Poem About Losing a Child

Beat Still My Heart Beat still my heart Beat still my mind Weary though thou art Carry his love along with thine Though heavy on thy shoulders Crost fields throughout all time. In the deepest dark of the bleakest night, If light there be, the dark shuts it out. Around you all is swirling, hurtling…

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A Lullaby for My Son: As I Tuck You In

Young toddler climbing the stairs looking back and smiling at his mother who is taking the photograph, My Forever Son, As I Tuck You In song for child loss

As I Tuck You In

My Child On Earth Above (In Heaven’s Care): Lullaby for My Son
My Child on Earth Above (In Heaven's Care)

As I tuck you in, I lay me down
As I hold you now, I lift my arms
As I fall asleep, I pray for you
My child, my love, my heart, I’m with you too
My child, my love, my heart, May God keep and love you

And you will be forevermore
Safe from this world and so adored
And God will be your comforter
And I will always thank God for rescuing you
And I will always praise God for loving you too

And so I live my life in memory
Surrendering to God, what now must be
But here on earth I know the angels sing
When I hear your voice I know God’s listening

And I will always be your mother here
And I will speak your name for all to hear
And God will be with you ’til I get there
My child on earth above in heaven’s care

My child on earth above in heaven’s care-

Beth Brown, My Child on Earth Above (In Heaven's Care) My Forever Son

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