Gedicht Ik verloor mijn kind vandaag – I lost my child today

Last updated on september 16th, 2024 at 12:56 pm

Vandaag is de tweede sterfdag van mijn dochter Lucy.

Onderstaand gedicht is geschreven door Netta Wilson naar aanleiding van het overlijden van haar dochter na een auto-ongeluk.

Ik deel vandaag haar woorden, want ze beschrijven ook veel van mijn gevoel.

I lost my child today

People came to weep and cry
as I just sat and stared, dry eyed
They struggled to find words to say
to try and make the pain go away
I walked the floor in disbelief
I lost my child today.

I lost my child last month
Most of the people went away
Some still call and some still stay
I wait to wake up from this dream
This can’t be real, I want to scream
Yet everything is locked inside
God, help me, I want to die
I lost my child last month.

I lost my child last year
Now people who had come, have gone
I sit and struggle all day long
to bear the pain so deep inside
And now my friends just question Why?
Why does this mother not move on?
Just sits and sings the same old song
Good heavens, it has been so long
I lost my child last year.

Time has not moved on for me
The numbness it has disappeared
My eyes have now cried many tears
I see the look upon your face
‘She must move on and leave this place’
Yet I am trapped right here in time
The song’s the same, as is the rhyme
I lost my child………today

Netta Wilson

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