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INNOCENTS - A tribute to those never born
Self | 2024 | SSR

Posted on 11/06/2024 7:26:12 PM PST by sparrowsong

I am a writer and poet, though not by trade. The following poem, in the comments below, is one of several I have written as a tribute to those who were never allowed to be born. It was prompted by the battle over Amendment 3 in Missouri and similar initiatives elsewhere.

We lost on Amendment 3 yesterday, but I am not without hope, and I do not believe the final word on this issue has been spoken.

My words are not eloquent, but I do hope they are poignant. Also, I hope I'm posting this correctly. This is a first for me.


TOPICS: Poetry; Politics
KEYWORDS: freedom; humanrights; prolife
Innocents SSR, 2024

I assert now my God-given right as a human to breathe the same air that you breathe – to grow up in a land filled with hope and a future – to see the same beauty you see.

I assert that I have as much right to my life as the ones who would seek to take mine, who would discard us, innocent babes in the womb, to preserve their own selfish designs.

I assert now my God-given right to my freedom – Liberty, justice, held high. I reject any thought of a two-tiered caste where your freedom demands that I die.

I’m nobody’s parasite, burden or blight. I’m a human like you with a future in sight. If you don’t want to raise me, then find me a home where responsible parents will call me their own.

I assert that I have as much right to my life as the ones who would seek to take mine. All your wealth, all your power, all your influence still will not hide your malicious design.

1 posted on 11/06/2024 7:26:12 PM PST by sparrowsong
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To: sparrowsong

Democrats aborted the person who would have cured cancer, the person who would have brought us world peace, the person who would have united this world in harmony.


2 posted on 11/06/2024 7:33:41 PM PST by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: sparrowsong

Nicely stated plea to our humanity. Thank you. Always forward in the Saviors love.


3 posted on 11/06/2024 7:35:00 PM PST by whistleduck
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To: sparrowsong

Amen sparrowsong.

The unborn can’t vote, nor can they tithe.

They don’t stand a chance in today’s America.


4 posted on 11/06/2024 7:35:19 PM PST by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Yes, and so many others. We’ll never know how they would have enriched our lives.


5 posted on 11/06/2024 7:36:44 PM PST by sparrowsong (Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity....let them live!)
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To: sparrowsong

Apologies on the formatting. I think I got it right now.

Innocents
SSR, 2024

I assert now my God-given right as a human
to breathe the same air that you breathe –
to grow up in a land filled with hope and a future –
to see the same beauty you see.

I assert that I have as much right to my life
as the ones who would seek to take mine,
who would discard us, innocent babes in the womb,
to preserve their own selfish designs.

I assert now my God-given right to my freedom –
Liberty, justice, held high.
I reject any thought of a two-tiered caste
where your freedom demands that I die.

I’m nobody’s parasite, burden or blight.
I’m a human like you with a future in sight.
If you don’t want to raise me, then find me a home
where responsible parents will call me their own.

I assert that I have as much right to my life
as the ones who would seek to take mine.
All your wealth, all your power, all your influence still
will not hide your malicious design.


6 posted on 11/06/2024 7:43:01 PM PST by sparrowsong (Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity....let them live!)
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To: sparrowsong

Please hear Phil Keaggy song, “Little Ones”; available on Youtube. Heart rending and pure.


7 posted on 11/06/2024 7:46:23 PM PST by Torahman (Remember the Maccabees )
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To: Torahman

That song is lovely. Thank you for sharing it — I had never heard it before.


8 posted on 11/06/2024 8:07:15 PM PST by sparrowsong (Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity....let them live!)
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To: sparrowsong
Thank you for your thoughts on this subject. The following always touched my heart:

Unwanted Angels

Johnny can't come out to play
And Meg won't be at her ballet.

Mike won't stop that play at third
And Sara's voice will not be heard.

Words unspoken, tears uncried,
Spirits broken, hearts untried.

Without a thought, to plant a seed,
Then pluck it out - though it may bleed.

Listen for the deafening cry!
Dare look inside...as each one dies.

Countless thoughts forever lost.
The right of choice...how high the cost!

No hearth will ever be the same,
Each loss diminishes the flame.

Angels passing in the mist,
Sixty-six million - never kissed,
Souls...on the unwanted list!

By: Linda Bernazzani Dolan

9 posted on 11/06/2024 8:22:23 PM PST by boatbums (When you dwell in the shelter of the Most High, you will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. )
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To: boatbums

Thank you so much for sharing this. One day we will no longer have to write such words. Until then, we must.


10 posted on 11/06/2024 8:42:07 PM PST by sparrowsong (Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity....let them live!)
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To: sparrowsong

Love it! Thank you for remembering our innocent fallen brothers and sisters.


11 posted on 11/06/2024 8:50:33 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: sparrowsong

This is the voice of the preborn, murdered in their mothers’ wombs.


12 posted on 11/08/2024 6:13:35 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: sparrowsong

I hope and pray I live to see the day when abortion won’t have to be made illegal because it will be UNTHINKABLE.


13 posted on 11/10/2024 4:31:36 PM PST by boatbums (When you dwell in the shelter of the Most High, you will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. )
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