My girlfriend (yeah, I have one now!!!) wrote this poem, and she wanted people to read it and comment. I think that it's great!!!!
Tiny Hands, Tiny Feet
For Ashton and Melissa
By Malia
D&C 137:10
And I also beheld that all children who die before they arrive at the years of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom of heaven.
She only got two hours,
To hold her baby boy,
To look into his eyes,
Too see his tiny hands and tiny feet.
She savored every moment,
That she was with him,
For she knew his time was running short,
And he soon would be on his way.
A ten hour labor,
And all she got was this,
Just two hours of her precious baby,
She'd fallen in love with.
It didn't seem fair,
To lose such a precious thing,
One that had a future,
That might do extraordinary things.
But God had a plan for him,
A plan that would send him back home,
So she loved her baby, Ashton,
Until he had to go.
She told him to be a good boy,
To respect his Father in Heaven,
And to look after his brother and sisters,
She would eventually have and fall in love with.
And then his spirit slipped away,
And flew high up to Heaven,
Where a Father wait with open arms,
That he would hold him with.
And then he looked down at his mother,
Who lay weeping in the hospital bed,
A tear slid down his face,
And he reached out to touch her.
And she might have felt it,
She might have not,
The touch of a tiny hand,
That belonged to her baby she'd just lost.
But she will see him one day,
When it's her time to go home,
And she'll love him and she'll kiss him,
And then she won't have to let him go.
But for now she'll have more babies,
To nurture and look after,
But she'll never forget her first baby,
With it's tiny hands and tiny feet.
