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Here's a collection of heartbreaking and uplifting verse from parents, friends and families of infants who have died of Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Quite a few people seem to have found some comfort there. It's raw and genuine, and inhabits that everyday space that academic reviews find impossible to explore. It's a pity because authenticity is always stronger than contrivance.


The Long Forever
Genesse Gentry

You left us so quickly,
there were no good-byes.
How long this forever,
your death and our lives.

The sadness, the anger,
the loneliness of three,
preferring four always,
how small, this new we.