Unloved and Unwanted
UNLOVED AND UNWANTED
An embryo is being formed,
in silence taking place.
*And then is heard, the word “Abort”,
what heard … was no mistake.
What child wants to be dismembered,
in the garbage be thrown?
Sadly unloved and unwanted,
by God only … is known.
*April 12, 2022 copyright
Contest: 22 Poetry Marathon 21
Sponsor: Mark Toney
* Psalm 139” 16 “You know me through and through, from having watched my bones take shape. when I was being formed in secret, knitted together in the limbo of the womb (The Jerusalem Bible)
Copyright © Barbara Barry-Nishanian | Year Posted 2022
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