Her choice

I am sure I have written of this is some form before, but it's plaguing me

Her choice
haunts me
in my dream.
Unimagined
horror
abject cruelty
summoned in
the simple word
"Choose!"
No mother could?
Could she?
Sadly, the answer is yes,
and mothers do it every day.

Author's Note

For me, the movie "Sophie's choice" is the ultimate in horror. Sadly, there are times
when mothers must choose, and worse, times when they do for their own selfish
reasons ... My heart breaks for the former, and burns with rage with the latter ...

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I never saw the film but I understand it might be about choosing which of your children to save over another. That would be a mother's absolute nightmare. A few years ago I wrote about a similar situation. A car plunged into a river. The mother was driving, saved her two year old toddler, but didn't have time to return and save her young teenage son in the back of the car. It haunted me. Your excellent poem has brought all those feelings back.

Chris

[Lyn Anderson]

It is a terrible thing yes. I had read similar stories during the disasters in Thailand a few years ago, parents able to only hang onto one child. Thank you for reading.

[Neville]

Poem and movie both extremely good in my book...

[Lyn Anderson]

Well thank you

[Madalyn Beck]

You are an expert at penning such situations. Loved reading this and I will have to look into this film! :)

[Lyn Anderson]

I am so pleased this piece is leading people to this movie.

[Anne Timmins]

What a skillful and well drawn piece of expertly fluid writing. Simply a joy to read

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for the review.

[Ruth]

The poem alone heard my heart play a melancholy tune...haven't seen the film, so shall try to find it xo

[Lyn Anderson]

Be prepared to cry, and cry ... Thank you. Leading anyone to this film makes me happy.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that was such a hard movie to watch, especially at the end...

ripped my heart apart.

jacob

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, it does. Anyone who has a heart.

[Frieda P]

Oh God, one of my old time favorite movies, the brutality of it all just left me speechless. Yes indeed, mothers' heedlessly make these choice without the pressure of the holocaust nipping at their sanity. I can't say more...

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, exactly. The holocaust is one of those things that just leaves me sick and dizzy. The horror summed up more simply in that awful choice. Thanks for the read. It's been on my mind. Don't know why.

[Frieda P]

Was just suggesting this movie to someone the other day...horrific indeed, I can't even fathom it.

[Lyn Anderson]

I love Shindler's list too, and on the subject of Rwanda "Shake Hands with the Devil" will blow you away if you haven't watched it already (Romeo D'allaire did a similar thing to Shindler,one man against the tide.)

[Frieda P]

Haven't seen the latter, I"m oddly fascinated by it all, sickening as it is.....

[Lyn Anderson]

If we can't feel the depth and breadth and sheer horror of these things, we are not human.

[Frieda P]

True, makes one wonder, why others weren't feeling the sheer torture of what was going on, even the Catholic church and the Pope turned their heads.

[Frieda P]

Have you seen the Pianist with Adrien Brody, I adore him.....excellent also.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes beautiful movie. And he is an interesting actor. I love Spliced