“I deserved to live”

~ perspective of the unborn, again I am always open to any discussion

“I deserved to live”

 

I am life

Unwanted, Unplanned, Unexpected

Or perhaps

a failed expectation.

 

There are many major reason

to

Why oh Why

I was a mistake

 

But there is one important reason why I needed to be born?

 

“I deserved to live”

 

What is so wrong for me to have what you have?

To breathe what you breathe

To eat what you eat

To experience

life itself.

 

You may not care for me, but I am sure someone would.

 

I anticipate the future what is like to live

what is like to have my own choice

now a little too late.

 

You know maybe someday

There will come a time that mankind

will lose the ability to reproduce,

the signs is already there

you just don’t see it.

 

Often times man create its own demise.

 

I wish you just have let me live and then give me away,

That I would understand.

 

I wish I could be a test-tube baby

Perhaps that I would have a chance

Of entering this god given world.

 

All are too late now.

 

I am sheer whisper,

A pleading spirit who wants to be heard

I came out of nothing penned down

in someone’s emptied mind

written in this emptied paper he holds so dear.

 

I am nothing but just a smeared ink

in this white sheet

laying around

waiting to be understood.

 

 

 

Author's note:

I was actually heading to write about in vitro or test-tube baby, that was the first thing that comes to mind. But there was something that leads me into writing this perspective and its concept (“a perspective of the unborn”).

 

In vitro, in my perspective, I always have this in mind that instead of abortion that kills, there is abortion that preserves. Yes, to legalized abortion to preserve a life, to be given to the deserving family who are unable to reproduce. But that though in a wrong hands, there will always be someone who will used all the unwanted to breath something sinister and can be subjected to many unnecessary experiments.

 

 

We all know fertility drops with aged and some other underlying factors. If given an unexpected gift, I would not waste his/her life to nothing.

 

 

“a failed expectation.” ~ do you know that this thought comes from Sex-selective abortion. That people abort unwanted female baby because most cultural norms value male children over female children.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-selective_abortion

 

After writing this piece, I did some quick research on the net:

 

46 million abortions are undergone every year.

That makes 126 thousand every day.

20 million abortions are obtained in countries where it is restricted or prohibited by law.

The lifetime average is one abortion per woman.

http://maryana01.deviantart.com/art/Abortion-Part-Nineteen-84588899

 

The percentage infertility was estimated at 8% for women aged 19-26 years, 13-14% for women aged 27-34 years and 18% for women aged 35-39 years.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14704244

 

 

In conclusion to all of this stuff, I write not to open an issue, but to let the young ones and others to be aware of this issue. Life is a gift, and everyone deserves it. 

 

Ethical question regarding abortion usually include:

 

Are embryos, zygotes and fetuses "persons" worthy of legal protections?

 

Should the potential to be a person give embryos, zygotes and fetuses a right to life?

 

Does a fetus gain rights as it gets closer to birth?

 

Does a woman have an absolute right to determine what happens in and to her body?

 

Is abortion acceptable in cases of rape, incest, or contraception failure?

 

Is abortion acceptable in cases where the fetus is deformed?

 

Is abortion acceptable in cases where if the pregnancy were to continue, it would

 

pose a direct threat to the life of the mother?

 

Reviews

[David Scott]

You tackle a big subject.
Your author 's note shows you are a mindful and considerate person.
You mentioned "god given life"...
I believe all life is in the hands of God.
God will balance the scales and every soul is in God's care.
Death is part of this world. History shows what happens when we outlaw a mother's choice.
Maybe we need to show more love, support, and unconditional acceptance of the mothers in our society? Maybe then more women would feel safe and secure enough to be pregnant.

[NeiL ArandA]

Ah... the sanctity of life ... You tally all aborted babies in america alone it would make Adolf Hitler a saint.

[Corset]

You are such a brave one my friend, I am pro choice, pro life, and yes you can be both. I don't want Government to have sovereignty over my choice for my own body, yet I also agree a child has a right to life, especially if that child is healthy. You have tackled a hard subject friend and you've done it beautifully, still there are circumstances that make choice necessary. A forced unwanted child will unlikely be given away, but instead tortured, too much of that happening in the world today as it is.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I appreciate how much thought and dedication went in to this poem, which I thoroughly appreciated, great work.

[Ruth]

Shocking, it is indeed, and a potent topic and I am pleased to read this, well conveyed love, pleasure to read x

[Coyote Poetry]

This is a hard topic. I have three grand boys and four children. Each life is important. I believe the situation can make something hard to do. in the case of rape. It is the age and the stability of the person I believe that decide the decision. Rape is a crime. I believe we need the old family values back. Both parent must work and kids raise themselves. A open door for a society to having many problems. Thank you for your thoughts on a difficult topic.
Coyote

[Dhaye]

Pax, Pax...this is a very sensitive subject for me. That's why I did not make a review right away you posted this.

There are some couples who dreamed to have even a child but they were not blessed with it. There are some who do not wish to have many children and yet they're blessed with many.

Life is indeed a gift and everyone deserves it. And I hate those who are involved in abortion. A baby is an angel...a gift...who needs to be loved.

Very moving for me, Pax. Thanks for the share.

[Pax]

I actually don’t hate or love it, nor I am agreeing or disagreeing on it… It’s just that there are some special cases like deformity, ectopic, rape victims that needs understanding and compassion to what’s right or wrong for them, even though we know it is wrong we don’t have the right to choose for them, we can only give options. Like I said to ms. F below, abortion has come up with some good reasons, and there are disadvantages and disadvantages on its matter that needs a lot of understanding, love and compassion…

Life is a gift, and everyone deserves it. ~ My mind has open up to many faces of life, through this piece I learned something from everyone who given me their valued insights(that includes you). This piece is an awareness issue that needs to be open up and discuss, because I, myself believed we all deserves a life (to grow, learned and experienced,) but at the same time we need to understand that there are some reasons that needs to be respected and to understand with compassion…

I thank you for your honesty pretty friend, I always appreciate you, with that I am grateful…

[Mia]

WHOA!! I didn’t know what I was getting myself into here. Like most women on here…I am pro-choice. I fully believe that everyone has a right to choice. I’m not a fan of abortion because I feel like it creates more problems than it solves but I am in no position to tell somebody what to do with their body. Compassion is most important when it is hard…do you not think there is equal negativity and hate in forcing a rape victim to have a baby…yes it wasn’t the baby’s fault but it wasn’t her fault either. It’s not easy to just say suck it up for nine months and then give it away. We let them choose, we pray for peace and healing….free of judgment full of love and we move forward. I can’t claim to know what’s best because my opinion is always based on what’s on the outside. I see where you are coming from and now your heart is good…your love for life is what makes you value everyone my friend! For me however disregarding someone’s choice is choosing the baby over the mother and how is that better than choosing the mother than the baby? There is no black and white here! Saying there is creates hurt without the intention of creating hurt…but hurt none the less!
In all that I forgot to mention that I really respect you for being honest about your views…it took courage to do that and it should not be over looked! Despite our different views…I have nothing but love for you Pax!

[Pax]

smiles, it's shocking and sensitive isn't it my friend?

Like in life, we are always given choices. It’s either a minor or major choice we partake, we always have that right to have a choice… but often in societies system, choices varies in religion, politics, law, culture, economy & most definitely on what you believe in…

To be honest this is the first time I have heard this pro-choice law, I didn’t know this until my friends mention it in the reviews. Abortion is not allowed in our country. I have some friends back in college that bought this abortion pill secretly, because perhaps their choice was final about not having this child… some of them regretted it and some don’t, but all in all I respected their decision even though I know in my heart the child deserves something more than ending his/her life short.

I wrote this piece with this thought in mind: “I always have this in mind that instead of abortion that kills, there is abortion that preserves.”… I want abortion to save a life not kill. But that will be a long shot, my imagination for the far future or the alternate world.

“do you not think there is equal negativity and hate in forcing a rape victim to have a baby?” ~ yes, I believe so as well. Like I said to ms. F, it’s a hard decision to make for any rape victim, and I understand what you mean, it’s a bad situation for both mother and child... like I said earlier, whatever the victim’s choice, I will respect it, cause I know at heart it is the toughest decision she will make in her life. It is a very special and very sensitive case to decide, no one has the right to force someone to choose what’s right to what’s wrong in our or anybody’s perspective. It’s all up to her, all I have is respect and compassion to what she decide.

I believe every woman has this mother’s intuition at heart… with that portion of love, perhaps both will survive in a different perspective. Though I could be wrong, I guess that really depends how deep a situation can be…

I truly thank you and respect you my friend. You always give me something to think about, and I am grateful always with that, hugs!

[Mia]

You're right, everyone has an opinion and because of the sensitivity of this piece...I feel like everyone is trying to get their point across which isn't wrong but everyone should allow others to have their opinions and share them. Thank you for that...you say how you feel and what you think but you've opened your heart and your mind to everyone else...I’ve seen this through your interactions and I hope they give you that same respect. Something new you’ve brought up…people doing it regardless of the law…that in dangers lives because people go to back door places. That’s a real problem in many ways. It surprises me that you had never heard of “pro-choice”…it just shows how different cultures etc view things differently and how were you come from impacts a lot of things…you always write things that make me think and that is a real treasure for me! Thank you my friend! I also appreciate you taking the time to think about and respond to my comments. Big big hug! Keep well x

[Not Your Typical New Yo..]

I like the idea of a poem being in the perspective of an unborn child, and any newborn has a right to live.

[Pax]

Hey Greg my friend, thanks for this visit and review, its great to see yah... and it's always a pleasure to hear your response... I am grateful and thankful to you my friend....

[Caradoc]

Wow, my friend.

I've been away a long time. When did you start producing poems of such magnitude? You personify the unborn to a degree that is chilling to read. And the points you bring up during the piece...I never thought about the connection between abortion and the rate of infertility. Very insightful and again...foreboding.

In my heart, abortion is wrong, though I accept that under certain circumstances it might be the only option, such as to save a mother's life. To the question of when is it alive? The answer seems obvious to me. The moment it starts to grow, with cells reacting and dividing, expanding into what will eventually become a small child, if given half a chance, it is a living being. To cut that life short for any reason other than to preserve another life seems wrong...

An excellent piece, my friend, one I hope more have the chance to read and take to heart.

-Caradoc

[Pax]

Smiles, it’s been not that long my friend… I totally agree to your insights my friend.
read moreSmiles, it’s been not that long my friend… I totally agree to your insights my friend.

I believed there must be careful consideration about abortion, it is wrong in my heart indeed, but given with some special cases, like my sister, her first pregnancy was ectopic – so it was necessary to abort the unborn and not developing fetus – because there was no heartbeat. I believe we are on the same page on the matter on saving the mother’s life.

I see the connection between abortion and infertility when I heard before the policy of china and number of abortion rate… because I have heard many rumors in college and one of my friend had done it, then regretted it afterwards… it was sad…

I truly thank you for you insights my friend…
Sorry for the late response. I had search the web yesterday about this topic after I was a bit speechless on the reviews I received, that i really I created a sensitive issue. And I have found this ethical and moral questions that I am pondering right now, I’ll have posted it above…

I am truly grateful with this my friend..