A Helpless Cry

Oh, such special treatment I do not deserve;
This home all my own, warm around every curve.
Right from my mother’s body comes my very own food.
God hemmed me into her womb, and I will not come unglued.
I am here in my Mommy’s tummy, so secure.
I am sure she and my Daddy made me from love so pure.
But God created me, and my days are ordained.
Such knowledge is too marvelous for me to attain!
As I get older each month, it gets a little more snug.
But I am content, just dreaming about my first hug.
I have no cares in the world to worry about,
Only these hiccups that I certainly could do without!
I cannot wait to meet my parents soon!
I wonder if it will be morning, night, or noon.
I am going to snuggle and curl up nice and deep.
Sucking my thumb will help me go off to sleep.
Hey, who is tugging at my leg?
It is not time for me to arrive; stop, I beg!
It is starting to hurt; oh, please tell me why?
Don’t you see you are causing me to sob and cry?
What are you trying to do to me?
You are pulling my leg from my very knee!
Stop! Don’t you hear my screams? What excruciating pain!
I am helpless and trapped, like someone in chains!
Did I do something terribly wrong?
I thought I was behaving all along!
Mommy, now all over I am being ripped apart!
I thought you wanted me, for I felt love in your heart!
Why won’t you stop them from killing me?
My heart breaks that this is the way you must want it to be!
I will never feel your hug or kiss;
Seeing the beauty of your face, I will miss.
I am being sucked away;
I am dying on this very day.
But why, oh why, I will never know!
I never had a chance to even show;
I really was special and wonderfully made.
My parents would have wanted me and wished I had stayed.
Oh, such horrible treatment I did not deserve!
Isn’t life a gift, and shouldn’t it be preserved?

A Helpless Cry