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A Life-Saving PoemIn 1993, Dr. Wanda Franz, president of the National Right to Life Committee read a poem on NRLC's radio program, "Pro-Life Perspectives" that had first appeared in our own The Post-Abortion Review, Summer 1993. In a print ad for "Pro-Life Perspectives" NRLC reports receiving the following letter in response to the poem. When I first heard the poem I was only 15 years old and pregnant with my first child. While I listened to this poem, I started crying because I had been considering abortion, and after the poem I couldn't believe I could consider such a thing.
A Mother's AnguishI long to hold you
in my arms,
to see your precious
baby charms. Though I know
it will never be,
your sweet child face
I yearn to see. Your fate was sealed
so long ago,
I made the "choice"
to let you go. You're with God
and I am here,
but one day we'll meet
and I'll draw you near. I'll hold you close
and hear you say,
"Mama I love you . . .
anyway." -- Jeanene Clarke
Originally published in The PostAbortion Review 1(2) Summer 1993. | |
