When you read this, I'd like you to think about who the speaker is in the later words. Comment or send me a message on who you think it is and what you think they mean.
Heartbeat
by Esther Pillitiere
Written March 26, 2011
Frail creature, faint cries.
Scared to be exposed
for the first time.
All that matter is
The bright light and noise.
A stranger, without a name.
Then warm arms hold her close
Tell her she is loved.
The same arms that one day will pass her to her Beloved.
A stranger without a name.
Warm arms...
Ignorance...
Heartbeat.
Thump Thump. Thump Thump.
One day she'll be an Honor Student.
One day she'll go to college.
One day she'll marry
And have her own child.
She'll be a grandmum
With a happy life,
And then the beatings of
Her heart.will.stop.
But in between the moments
Of joy there will be tears
Of anger, strife, sadness and fear...
"You have a personality;
You have a beating heart.
You have a destiny
That starts
Right now.
Is it worth it
To live this life?
So many before you
Would tell you, 'No.'"
She has a happy mother
And already a brother.
A family with a responsible father.
She has yet to be named...
"I want my baby home.
I don't want her to suffer.
Her destiny doesn't have to be
Like all the others.
So skip the years of toil,
Of age, and hardship grim!
Become an immortal...
As soon as you are born."
In loving arms, a mother's arms,
Ignorant of sin.
Innocence takes her leave,
And she goes directly home.
Thump Thump. Thump Thump
She meets her Daddy.
He gives her a name.
Thump Thump. Thump----
and never thumps again.
2 comments:
Oh. This is so sad! This poem sounds like it was written by someone older! Congrats on achieving that. :)
I believe the poem talks about a baby. But, it has to do with something more....Spiritual as well, maybe God was the Daddy?
Sincerely,
M.E.
You're right, Anonymous. :)
The idea behind it is that God knows that if the baby lives it will eventually have a life full of pain and go to hell. So, before it has the chance, He ends it's life so that it can go to Heaven instead.
I don't know if He actually does that, but it just seemed like an interesting idea to me. Does that make sense?
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