Letters to the Unborn

I write these words to you
with the knowledge that you will
never read them

and it breaks me to my core.

I write these words to you
hoping that your mother will read them
so she can change her mind

before it's too late.

I write these words to you
as she walks across the pavement
with people shouting at her

calling her a whore.

I write these words to you
as the needle is drawn
and your last breath is taken from you

before your lungs meet the world.