Late in the day came the news A child unborn A tiny life like smoke in the wind Gone forever She did her best to hide the pain and suffering inside Little by little it consumed 'Till darkness was all that was Cocooned Changed on the inside This rot Hidden from view in the carapace Time passed like falling leaves Decaying slowly with the earth All that grows here now Despair With resolve she tied up all the ends of a barren life And drove out into the cold From the wreckage the body was pulled She watched as they towed it away And there she still sits Waiting for the happiness to start