A mother's poem about her vanished twin

Here is an unusual poem  by a mother, one of whose twins "vanished" in the womb.

“Vanishing Twin” by Catherine Tufariello

Read it here

An extract....


What will this nameless face
Blurred in her own, this other,
Seem to her? Will she dream it
Sister or shadow brother,

Rival or counterpart,
Half-heard, fugitive rhyme,
Child in a frozen wood
Lost on the way to time? 

We all know that these tiny twins don't "vanish", they die.  However this inaccurate term seems to persist.....