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You handpicked the name
Of our son
A beautiful one
A conception that never occurred
No apologies not even a word
But that name
Was the sweetest
I had ever heard

I grieve for our son
Even though he was
Just an idea
I grieve for our son
As if he were really here
 Mar 2019 David Noonan
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Can we honor the life that comes
Without honoring the life from
Whence it came?
When life becomes,
Is she the widened legs of shame?
For my own mother made me
As an extension of her own pleasure
I owe my blood
To her sexuality
For hers is the life
From whence I came.
And when we hold a child with high regard;
Revere the blood that pushes it veins,
Do we give the honor to its own heart
Or do we thank the blood
From whence we came?
They hold me tight,
they kiss my lips,
my eyes.

When it's time to wake up
they say: "Don't worry,
stay in bed.
Keep dreaming,
keep dreaming,
don't let anyone wake you up."
Inspired by song  Sleeping With Ghosts by Placebo
 Mar 2019 David Noonan
AKPoetry
And the angels wept for her
She who gave the stars their shine
She who kept the storms in line
She who gave the gems their luster
All the angels wept for her

And the shadows wept for her
She who sang for all the ******
She for whom the church bells clanged
She whose face was just a blur
All the shadows wept for her

And the rainclouds wept for her
She who walked on air and grace
She who knew not sword nor mace
She whose thoughts were all a stir
All the rainclouds wept for her

And the angels wept for her
She who is no longer here
She whose voice you’ll never hear
She whose name is now a slur
All the angels wept for her
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