Just those few weeks- Poem as requested.

I mentioned in an earlier post my hospital gave me a butterfly pin with this poem as a symbol of my loss right before I went into my d&c procedure. As requested, here is the poem. Warning: it was VERY hard for my to read the first time, but helped in so many ways the grieving process.

Just those few weeks
For those few weeks-
I had you to myself.
And that seems too short a time
to be changed so profoundly.
In those few weeks-
I came to know you...
and to love you.
You came to trust me with your life.
Oh what a life i had planned for you!
Just those few weeks-
When i lost you,
I lost a lifetime of hopes,
plans, dreams, and aspirations...
A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.
Just those few weeks-
It wasn't enough time to convince others
how special and important you were.
How odd, a truly unique person has recently died
and no one is mourning the passing.
Just a mere few weeks-
And no "normal person" would cry all night
over a tiny, unfinished baby,
or get depressed and withdraw day after endless day.
No one would so why am i?
You were just those few weeks my little one
you darted in and out of my life too quickly.
But it seems thats all the time you needed
to make my life so much richer
and give me a small glimpse of eternity.
poem  by Susan Erling