Ectopic Pregnancy Foundation - A Mother’s and Father’s Grief

For Jessica, lost to Cornual Ectopic pregnancy at 13 weeks, April 25, 2003

	A Mother’s and Father’s Grief
	by Gwen Flowers Helpless. They both feel helpless. But they each seek their own roles. They have to find a way to cope, To soothe their shattered souls. He wants to take away her pain, And make her safe once more. She wants to share her tears with him, Bare herself to the core. He wants to make it better, And he wants to be assured, That everything will be okay. That their love has endured. She wants to talk some more about their child who has died. He thinks that he's done something wrong, And that is why she sighed. She's crying once again, And she won't get out of bed. He sees her journal perched atop all those books she's read. She sees him start new projects, Go to work and watch TV. She wonders how he does it, How he has the energy. But sometimes, There's a moment, When they're both on the same plane. Sometimes, For just a moment, Their grief seems just the same. It's in those small shared moments that they need so very much, That they find each other reaching, That they find each other's touch.


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