I Lost Something Can You Help Me Find It?
by Cathy Gonzalez


I lost a child
A small baby
He was once inside
But now he’s gone

I lost a part of me
That can never be replaced
But the worse is
I can’t find him

He was once a fetus
A baby to me
But when the miscarriage
took him away
To you he became some waste

I lost these pieces
They’re somewhere here
On slides, in jars
Could be anywhere

But for some strange reason
You don’t seem to care
That I’m out here
Looking for these

You see I lost something
That means a lot to me
I need to bury him
In the ground and know
he’s fine

I don’t want to know
he’s in the trash or
was burned in the waste
I want to know he’s tucked inside
somewhere clean, and warm
A place I can visit

So what I ask of all of you
Is open your eyes
Change your laws,
Change your policies,
Change your practices,
Give me a chance to speak

Let me tell you what I want done
Don’t make the choice for me

And help me find
what I have lost
A child, a baby
A part of me

Understand I lost something
Only you can
help me find!


I lost my son Jason Michael on August 29, 2000 and this is one of many written as a mother who lost their child and had no options given to obtain his remains. You may contact Cathy at cgonzale@nycap.rr.com.


© January 2001 by Cathy Gonzalez. The author of this work has given full permission for its distribution, electronic or otherwise, as long as the entire work is presented in full, the author information from the bottom of the work is retained, and this copyright and permission is retained.


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