Flashback
by Rachel Simon
I flashback.
Disbelief
Chaos
Despair
The confines of a hospital bed
Pain in my abdomen
Exhaustion
Liquid ice draining into my spine
Whispers
Pushing out your lifeless body
Silence
Tears
Isolation
Deep sorrow.
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about the poet.
Rachel Simon lost her daughter Shiloh to an umbilical cord accident in October 2008. She created a website in memory of Shiloh: In Memory of our Daughter, and maintains a blog called Our Healing Journey.
exactly. you got it just right. thank you for sharing.
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