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My parents had the horrible experience of losing a daughter. This meant, of course, that I lost a sister. I grew up with a huge feeling of loss. It wasn't until I became a mother four months ago that I realized what losing a child could mean. I couldn't imagine losing my daughter. I wrote this poem for my mom to help validate her feelings of loss. She is such a wonderful mother and grandmother. She sacrificed her time to grieve to make sure that I was all right. Now it is her turn.

I Buried My Daughter Today

by Andrea Hill

I buried my daughter today
My soul burns red with pain
No longer will I touch her face
Or caress her skin again

I buried my daughter today
God, what have I done wrong
To have her stolen from my arms
When my faith in you was strong

I buried my daughter today
Thank God I have another
I couldn't walk this path alone
Every breath is a struggle

I buried my daughter today
She was just a bit past three
Searing, ripping, tearing ache
My emotions overcome me

My other now a mother this eve
To God above, how I pray
These words by her not repeated
I buried my daughter today

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EStella

To whom it may concern I lost my daughter on April 23,2006 she was just 18 years old full of life she, was at the wrong places at the wrong time and your poem really touched my heart please, pray they catch the persons involded in this murder. thank you P. s your poem was beutifully made God Bless you in all your writings

Mary

I did not have a daughter to bury but this poem could very well be a rememberance to my son who was buried at the tender age of five. I will also save this one to send to friends and loved ones that looses a child in the future. This is a very touching poem and not often do you find a tribute to a young child. Thanks for your wonderful works.

Jess

Andrea, there is pain within. that words can never describe. Like why take our little ones and leave us instead. I've never been the same. Thank you for expressing, my heart goes out to you. Jess

Tray

I love this poem! It hits home, My 2 and half year old cousin drowned in her Mother's neighbors' pool. I have children and my heart aches for ANY mother who has to bear that.

Candie

I can not image your pain, but through your words you spoe to me. Send all my love a stranger

ruthy

this is a wonderful poem i also voted on another but this one is special to. my mom lost her daughter which was my sister and watchin the pain in my mothers eyes is so sad i have two boys and i just hope i never ever have to say those words that are mothers have had to say. great poem!

erin

omg, this poem moved me and made me cry, because i had to bury my mother when i was just 13! Nearley 2 years ago. so this poem to me was very heart felt

christi

I have a little girl of my own. I can't imagine losing her and have all the sympathy in the world for someone who has. Thanks for helping all of us realize what could be lost.

allison

i know it was hard because my twin sister lost her daughter on feb. 15th 2005 she was only 2 months and 21 days old and it was very hard on her. and she has her days but i know that Reagan is shining down on us

donna

this poem touched my heart. i had tears in my eyes you must be very strong people as i would never be able to cope with this type of lose. hope to see more poems from yourself again soon.

Danielle

this poem really touched me. i once knew a couple who lost their own daughter two years ago her dad was backing out of the driveway and she was in his blindspot and she was hit and died instantly! she was only a year and a half years old. i didnt know her very well but she did seem like a sweet little girl and she is greatly missed!

God Bless you for doing this for your Mother. And also for your little sister. I was more than deeply touched by this and tears are still streaming.

Michelle

I can really relate to what your mother went through. Just last year I gave birth to a beautiful little boy. He passed away after I had him. He developed a "Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia" while i was pregnant with him. His lungs didn't develop and he couldn't breathe on his own. I recently had another beautiful baby boy who is healthy I really liked your poem

Nickie

This poem is absolutely beautiful. I had to wipe my tears as I read it. I am a mother and I can feel your pain through your words. God bless you.

katy

this poem has got to be the most moving poem i have ever read,its touched my heart and only now a i can easily say my daughter is in better hands. my baby girl died just after her first birthday,ill never forget that day until my time comes,im 17 now. how i wanted to ask god so many questions,i wanted to know why he took her away from me. ill never forget her little smile and the way she used to giggle when i hurt myself. she was quite a character. after this i heard a saying and it read "laugh and the world laughs with you,cry and you cry alone:we do not morn for the dead but for the living"

shannon

very touching. i am sure your mom felt blessed that you thought of her and the way she has been suffering with a heavy heart for many years. I always tell my daughter, you will know how i feel when you are a mother, until then it is hard to fathom that deep intense love. God bless your family

Roxy

I love this poem. My boyfriend's little girl passed a few weeks ago, she was the tender age of three. It has been so hard for the both of us. This peom really expresses our feeling, I also buried my daughter today.

Emma

I really loved your poem. My sister died 2 days ago and this really helped me even though I am only 14 years old. Thank you sencierly.

Brandy

I loved this poem because I lost my daughter also. Her name was Zoe, and I was still preganet when I lost her,(she was stillborn. ) I was 6-months, and 1-week when i lost her. It's very painful when you lose someone exspecailly when their you're own flesh, and . I loved this poem because it touched me. I got cold chills when I read it. I started to cry because it reminds me so much about my own exsperence. Zoe would be 3 years old this June. It hurts, and Imiss her very much! I just want to say thank you.

Kaci

This is a relly great poem. it reminds me of wen i was 4yrs old. and my grandpa died. my dad literlly buried his own father and hecould stand the fact knoeing he did. It still bothers him today. Sry to ur mom Andrea

krissy

i really liked your poem sorry for what happen to you and your famliy

susannah

sorry to hear about your daughter my mum fells just the same as you do, her little angel slipped away from her at just the age of three hours old. my mum felt wrong to put her down so deep and letting her go ripped big holes in our hearts. god bless the little girls while they play together in heaven

Amanda

This poem was very touching. Just 2 weeks ago, I buried my daughter. She was only 3 years and 7 months old. I thank God that when she was born, he also gave me another daughter, because without her, I wouldnt be able to go on. There is no pain worse, than the pain of losing a child, and for my surviving daughter, with losing her twin, she has lost half of herself. Your poem tells exactly how I feel, it is beautiful. Thank you

Beth

Two months ago my freind/neighbor was killed in a car wreck. She was only 15 and had her first boyfriend we hadn't been talking much lately, but every time I saw her she had a huge smile on her face. She had a tight knit family that loved her very much. She was also very close with god church every sunday, attending a christian school. She was a wonderful person. There is no replacing her, but what made me have a comment is not only that but when i went to visit her family her mother hugged me and said she said its so hard to hug this "little" girls knowing mine is gone. When she huggedme it lasted at least 10 minutes and i could feel her mothers hands trembling against my body and then i felt a tear fall from her eye and at that same moment one from my own. this poem reminds me of that night and how much pain her mother is going through and will go through. this is a beutiful poem.

Alicia

I am so sorry. I have had 4 miscarriages and gave birth to a still born baby girl in 2001. Although I only had 8 months with her while she was in my womb, the pain is still to this day, so so strong and so real. Your family is in my prayers.

Rose

Is poem is a touching one. My mom had to bury her daugther too. My sister was 10 yrs. old when she got hit by a car. She pasted away 3 day's after my mom's birthday, on my Uncle's birthday.

Racheal

I really liked this poem. It links to me in a way. My mother lost her son jus 2 years June 1st. Your poem is very touching. families that lose a member go through lots of hardships. I know my family has. your poems helps me relate and it also touched my mother. Your a great writer!

Megan

this is a very beautiful poem, I don't know what I would do if that ever happened to me or if anything ever happened to my younger sister

courtney

Andrea, your mother is so blessed to have you. I lost my 3 mth. old baby girl to Sudden Infant Death Syndrom about 3 months ago. I wish i still had a child to care for and to help me get by. but I cannot have another baby, she was my miracle. the only child i could concieve. please keep helping your mother the way you do. you are a VERY wonderful gift to your mother and a blessing to her life. she will always love your sister. i love my daughter, kylie marie, 4-6-04 to 7-18-04. i'm only 16 years old, and yet i can relate to the pain of so many adults and i do wonder why god took her. but i must keep my faith and i pray your mother does the same.

peggy

i really love the poem because i have lost a daughter july5 2003, teh poem truly touched my heart and ineeded that. thispoem is the best for my me

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