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To the baby

I was never
to meet.
To the baby
who answered
endless months
of yearning.
To the baby
whom I cherished
in every moment
of its shaky existence.
To the baby
I'll never see
never hold
never name
never know,
whose presence was,
despite its brevity,
absolute.
To the baby
I still
one year later
feel.
To the baby
I couldn't save.
I love you.
Still.

August 5, 2009 (conception) - August 22, 2009 (miscarriage)

basal body temperature chart, baby number one

basal body temperature chart, Fletcher