Holding Dreams
She sits,
Holding the perfect pleats
The tiny bloomers meant to cover
A freshly changed bottom.
Holding the frilly outfit
Each stitch carefully placed
For baby's first picture.
Holding her hopes and dreams
In each silken seam
Once there, now shattered.
Holding the pink ruffled gown
Laid out neatly
For a trip home,
Never Made.
Holding the perfect pleats
The tiny bloomers meant to cover
A freshly changed bottom.
Holding the frilly outfit
Each stitch carefully placed
For baby's first picture.
Holding her hopes and dreams
In each silken seam
Once there, now shattered.
Holding the pink ruffled gown
Laid out neatly
For a trip home,
Never Made.