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Accidents will happen

I wrote this piece for my grandbaby who left this world when she was 2 months 6 days old......sometimes the pain is so great.....and understanding why is a luxury I do not possess!

A child's first experience with death,and the loss of innocence that goes with it.

This poem was published in The Page,a poetry zine by the Writer's Circle at Elyria High in 1996.

We sat during lulls in the battle for Darwin Hill,in the middle of the burning gorse bushes.In an effort to keep warm.The bodies of the dead kept us company, till the battle ended and they could be recovered.