Headline Poem 1/24/14 -- Although there is a baby

Today's headline poem is about a woman in Texas who is brain dead, pregnant, and on life support.  Her husband and family claim she would not want to live this way, her lawyer says the baby is "abnormal," and today a judge ordered she be taken off life support by Monday. 

Although there is a baby

Although there is a baby,

Where is the dignity 

as a woman 

Unable to breathe and bathe 

and 

Birth her unborn child on her own continues to lie but not thrive?

Although there is a baby,

What kind of life exists when she cannot feel the baby inside,

Unaware 

of movements and precious moments

Milestones undocumented?

Born to a brother and father 

the memory of her,

Mother who tried to carry you 

Together now and forever

Life outside the womb 

Is not meant to be