"Please mommy, please daddy, don't shake me no more,
"My head hurts terribly and my neck is so sore",
"I'm losing my sight, and can no longer think",
"What did I do to break your love link"?



"Yes I was crying and couldn't seem to stop",
"I just needed changing with the diapers you bought",
"That's all that I wanted to help me stop crying",
"God...I feel like I'm dying"!



"My wee body is weak now, I can't breath anymore",
"Why did you do this...my brain you have torn",
"If only you would have talked to someone",
"Or taken a break till my crying was done".



"A soft warm blanket in a dark quiet room",
"Would have stopped me from crying...it would have been soon",
"You could have cradled me to make me feel loved",
"But now I hear God...calling my name from above".



"I can't think of words to tell you goodbye",
"Except...you will no longer hear my cries",
"You have taken my life before it begun",
"You will no longer hold me...there will be no more sun".

© Valentyne Lang ~ 7 April, 2002

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 Dedicated to the countless thousands of babies who have lost their lives
due to Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Please never, ever shake a baby, their little bodies are fragile
and so easily broken.  If you or anyone you know feel
under pressure or frustrated at not being able to cope
with the cries of an infant, please seek the
assistance of a professional, who will
be able to provide you with methods
in which to cope.

There is help there for all those who experience the frustration
of a crying baby, don't allow another precious life be
taken because of the Shaken Baby Syndrome.

 

Title of painting 'The Moment' by Dan Gerhartz
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