The Abortion Of Two

One day the Daughters of St. Paul received a letter.  It was addressed to their monthly magazine The Family.  It was written by a anonymous writer, but the story is touching.  This man, who called himself "sinner," confessed his story.  When he was a young husband, he and his wife made a decision to abort their child.  Little did he know that his wife was not bearing one child, but two.  This man now remorses this decision.  He penned his feelings in a poem.

The Abortion of Two

Little eyes that will never see,

A tiny mouth that won't smile at me,

Little fingers cold in death,

The memory haunts me yet.

Not one, but two little lives were lost,

Abortion the cause, heartache the cost,

Oh, so foolish a thing to do,

And conscience that always cries to you.

"Why had we no chance?"they seem to say,

"Did you think perhaps we'd be in your way?

We longed to be part of your daily life,

To bring such joy to you and your wife."

But alas, 'tis now to late, the deed is done,

And my poor heart breaks,

And my twin sin will never be;

Their only chance taken away from me.

Oh, what a price I'm doomed to pay,

For two precious lives I took away!

Can a loving God forgive this deed?

Is there any ground upon which to plead?

I ponder my fate as the years go by,

Every time I hear a baby cry,

I bow my head in sorrow and shame,

And pray that you never know my name.

The two little lives I so easily snuffed out,

Could have bringtened my life, there is no doubt,

So think, my friends, of this sad mistake,

Lest you follow the road of eternal heartache.

 

 

Taken from DSP pamphelets, "We Longed To Be Part Of Your Life."