The three mile walk

"The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and never explained."

We walked three miles today

One full of memories 

Laughs and tears

Other families walked the same road with us

All with different memories

Some of lose 

Some of hope

We walked and walked 

Carrying a memory of a deceased preemie 

Carrying a preemie survivor

We brought them both to the finish line 

The survivor walked across the finish line 

The memory was carried across

With tears in our eyes we read the sign up in the air at the end

Reading the words made everything a bit clearer

They read

My mommy carried me

My sissy buried me 

But I'm in a better place

Because they both loved me

I love you sissy and mommy

Thank you for walking in my memory 

With tears in our eyes we held each other and cried

Not for sorrow but because we could

So many memories were relived 

On that three mile walk

Author's Note

I got this inspiration because we walked for my baby sister graces memory in the march of dimes we lost her three years ago and she fought an hour and a half for her life and we walked for my little brother who is honestly a proof miracles do happen. His heart stopped on the operating table but they didn't give up. If they would have he wouldn't be turning two. I wanted to dedicate this to the doctor who delivered my sister he made that sign that inspired this poem.