It's dark but it won't stay this way
When a broken heart releases some of the pain
With a goodbye to yesterday
And a welcomed smile for today

It is like a burst of song
Knowing tomorrow may never come
A moment where night becomes day
To focus on life again.

© Debra Lea Ryan
21.04.2025

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i began
as a spark / i have
a father and i have a
mother / i could be your
sister / i     could be your
brother / i am broken
          under a surgical
knife / medical garbage  
     that once was a life  
      i might have been  
named if given a
chance / i might
have married and      
i might have danced               
i will never be born                         
i'll never draw          
breath  


mom's life will be shattered
because of my death

a glint in dad's eyes
but no thought in his head
i once was a baby

*and now I am

DEAD.