Forgive the silence, forgive the flame

I met my son for the very first time on a new-fangled 4D ultrasound machine back in late 2002. It was a day and a series of images I would never forget. We were actually interviewed by a local news outlet looking to highlight the new technology, and likely a nice presser for the clinic.

In any case, it changed my life. The child I would meet a few months later would meet us first on a somewhat grainy screen. It was awesome!

It's one of the many reasons that I support, and ask you to do the same,  Pre-Born. The work that they do to preserve life, help mothers and help babies is essential in a time where "choice" means death and "freedom" means slavery.

This piece was inspired by a conversation about how abortion today echoes child sacrifice of previous cultures. We think of ourselves as advanced and enlightened and so far beyond the atrocities and ignorances of the past and yet we end the lives of millions of souls each year through the "medical practice" we refer to by so many euphemisms it makes my head spin.

My Dearest Unborn Souls

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

I sit at this old kitchen table, hands worn from years of holdin' on

Bandaged knees and midnight prayers, where my babies learned to be strong

Jacob came screamin' into dawn, after labor tore me wide

I traded dreams for sleepless nights, and I never looked back with pride

[Pre-Chorus]

Sarah fought in that cold NICU light, tiny fighter in the dark

I pumped till my body bled for her, whispered love like a spark

Michael, my surprise in the storm, when the world said we couldn't afford

I sold the car, cut every corner, gave everything to the Lord

[Chorus]

My dearest unborn souls, forgive the silence, forgive the flame

They traded your heartbeat for tomorrow, callin' it choice, callin' it name

Like mothers of old on altars of stone, offerin' pure to the fire

We still light the same hidden pyre, in clinics cold, in despair

Oh my dearest unborn souls, I weep for the world you never knew

If only they saw what sacrifice builds—lives like mine, lives like you

[Verse 2]

I try to understand the fear, the panic, the "not now, not yet"

The whispers sayin' this will break you, the weight you can't forget

But peel back the layers, it's ancient, the same desperate trade

A child's life for a better day, on an altar we've remade

[Pre-Chorus]

No carved gods, no temple smoke, just autonomy's quiet call

"My body, my right," they whisper, as another future falls

I don't condemn, I grieve the scars, the what-ifs that haunt the night

For every mother carryin' ghosts in the hush of the light

[Chorus]

My dearest unborn souls, forgive the silence, forgive the flame

They traded your heartbeat for tomorrow, callin' it choice, callin' it name

Like mothers of old on altars of stone, offerin' pure to the fire

We still light the same hidden pyre, in clinics cold, in despair

Oh my dearest unborn souls, I weep for the world you never knew

If only they saw what sacrifice builds—lives like mine, lives like you

[Bridge]

I hold my grown ones close now, watch 'em build, watch 'em soar

Engineers and teachers, dreamers knockin' on every door

They stand because I chose the hard road, poured my all into the fight

Through tears and shadows, love won the night

[Final Chorus – softer, building to emotional peak]

My dearest unborn souls, hear me now, in the quiet of my heart

I carry your names in every breath, though we were worlds apart

If only the world would build bridges instead of walls of choice

We could cradle every life, give every tiny voice

Forgive us... forgive us... my dearest unborn souls

[Outro – whispered/fading]

My dearest... unborn... souls...

This is original work is produced by AK Darvinson with a combination of observation, critical thinking, insight, heart, compassion, passion, creativity, and technology. All rights are reserved. Free sharing is encouraged. Commercial use via license only.