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Harbor



My silent child
littlest one
Your precious life is hidden
under a bundle of tubes and sensors-
even your breaths are not your own.

You rest in God's hand, darling
awaiting the very breath of life-
Like a fragile flower waiting for rain.






Author notes

Harbor is our third child, born in August. He's been in ICU for almost a month and two weeks due to meconium aspiration and the damage that followed. He can't make a sound when he cries because his breathing tube goes down his throat.

-- update- The follow up to this poem is "You Were Born With Wings". Harbor's been home a year this month. He is doing well, rosy and blooming, though small and weaker than usual on one side. He can bear weight on his feet, but can't walk yet. He's very talky and clever, if physically weak. I've enjoyed his babyhood tremendously! He's so precious!!

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  • from1chalice
    October 27

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    Safe Harbor

    Great poem. Heart wrenching it is. My own son was born with meconium delivered through c section. As a baby he was our little acorn. Today at almost 13 he shows us that his talents rival anyone in his class - like an oak. I'm sure yours is a little acorn as well.
    God bless,
    chalice


    • GlassSlippers
      October 28
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      home

      Harbor did come home, two months and a day after he was born. He is doing very well, and yes, smaller and weaker- but the most cheerful talkiest baby I've ever had, and with fat, rosy cheeks that I spend all day kissing.

  • luvdrkchocolate
    October 13, 2008

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    Oh. This is a heart rending poem that you have going on here. I keep running into all these sad poems that people are writing. It's like an epidemic or something. I'm really sorry to hear that your youngest is having such a rough start in the world. I hope that he gets better really soon. I thought you did a good job of expressing yourself here.


  • Harlequin Dance
    September 29, 2008

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    I'm sorry for what you're going through right now. My grandfather was recently hospitalized because of emphysema, so I can understand the pain. This poem is a wonderful poem for your child


  • marmac
    September 28, 2008

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    I loved the last line of this poem. I thought the poem overall seemed like a mix of two different styles though. The first three lines and the last two seem like one poem, and the middle seems like another. I like the more illusionary aspect of the first and last parts, but also like the line "even your breaths are not your own", and thought it could be incorporated into the poem in a more abstract way. But- I thought it was overall very meaningful and beautiful. I hope Harbor (I also like how the name is kind of like, a ship looking for a dock in relation to the quest of getting better) gets better! Good luck!

  • wildcherry-10
    September 27, 2008

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    awe, I know that the angels are watching over your little one and taking care of him.

    This is a beautiful poem full of so much love....

    Best of luck with everything.

    ~Cherry

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