General Poetry posted November 5, 2023


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A still born brother in limbo

Limbus Infantum (revised)

by Bob Schatz

My brother went to limbo

Stillborn and unbaptized

Fautless but Original Sin

Status unknown

A soul in liminal space

Lost between heaven and hell

Damnation spared

Salvation denied

Consigned by papal decree

Resigned to the Mercy of God

Wrenched, a mother's heart





My mother had a still born child (my brother Mark). The priest told her Mark could not go to heaven because he had not been baptized. That was the final straw: My mother left the Catholic Church.
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