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Ambivalence

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Dialogue has stopped

Rocks, untouched, sit in the garden

The pavement is a blank canvas

Grief is the only color I know to use

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In Our Stories Tags childless poetry, troubled past, unfulfilled wishes
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A Yoga Room

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Not in the consulting room

does heart break

but in the footsteps walking away

in the closing of the car door.

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In Our Stories Tags childless poetry, childless not by choice, grief in words
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Never Had A Bean

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Never have i ever bean

Nor never have i had a bean

Never have i grew a bean

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In Our Stories Tags pregnancy dreams, childless poetry, childless art
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Near And Far

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Sometimes

I catch them out of the corner of my eye.

The little boy and little girl

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In Our Stories Tags the flow of life, childless poetry, children never met
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I Saw Your Face

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

I saw your face when you made love to me

I saw your face when you held me close and we danced

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In Our Stories Tags relationships, childless poetry, our stories
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Medusa

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Oh — who’s that?
She reminds me of someone I know, frightening!
Don’t look at her head, it’s dangerous!
There must be something wrong with her...

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In Our Stories Tags childless poetry, pain within words, an open wound
4 Comments

The Absence

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Childlessness is the absence of a life, a life you planned
That didnt happen......

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In Our Stories Tags childless poetry, missing you, the absence
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Memory story

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Memories come and go

I am back there, lying in the bath. The violins sweeping and a piano softly playing.

The ordeal is over, but the real pain is just about to begin.

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In Our Stories Tags memories still hurt, healed but not pain free, childless poetry
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Other

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

I had this vision

That love would arrive

And bring with it the gift

Of other small lives

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In Our Stories Tags the expected promises, the unfairness of it all, lost moments in time, childless poetry
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A nameless grief

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Sometime tsunami that drowns me
rises up to choke my heart
from fathomless depths.

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In Our Stories Tags a story of loss, a pain so deep and so strong, hope for healing, childless poetry
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He Says

September 14, 2020 Stephanie Joy Phillips

He says get over it
Move on
You can’t stay stuck here

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In Our Stories Tags thoughts behind false smiles, childless poetry, it's not about others it is about us
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