Here and Gone

we came to know you in May.

just a tiny pink plus.

a love like none we had ever felt.

a rush of joy,

hope,

and fear.

I sat in awe

of the way you grew,

one day this,

the next day that.

but we lost you in July.

your body gave up

and just like that,

you were gone.

the life once safe in my womb,

dead. lost. no more.

oh, our baby. our baby.

we long for you.

we ache for you.

your ten tiny fingers and two tiny feet

your nose that we did not get to kiss

oh, our baby.

it isn’t fair.

you were fast.

too fast.

here and gone.

like wind and rain.

a pain like none we had ever felt.