Tries and Losses 1, 3-7, and Hopefully Not 8
This poem is about miscarriages. Click read more to see it as a poem and not a lump of writing. How do you explain what it's like to sit In a cold clinical waiting room For the 8th time Waiting to know if the baby inside you Is alive or not How do you stay calm and not stress? (Which could be bad for the baby) You remember the first miscarriage How unprepared you were for it And alone And how all they could see Was debris How do you explain what it's like To have had at least two miscarriages While teaching, in a room full of students The feel of the blood running down your leg and into your shoe And knowing exactly what was most likely happening Searching for admin because you know It's illegal To leave your class unattended Running into a male coworker and bursting into tears Because you know you need to go to the hospital But can't just walk out on your class Being told at the ER that you'll Have to wait and see how it goes Whether your HCG i...