Susan Fancy

Childless
Does not mean
Less than

Childless
When not by choice
Means to be forever
Without the children
We expected, dreamed about
Wished for, hoped for
Wanted

These children who never came
Are deeply loved,
Are heavily grieved,
Always missed

When involuntary,
​Childless means child loss

Those of us who experience
This deep loss
Have loved as profoundly and
Grieved as heavily,
As any parent would