The Uncounted

"How many children do you have?",
they ask. An innocent,
everyday question.
"Three," I respond,
half expecting them
to hear my heart
correcting my mouth.
"No. Four."

I sigh, and agree within myself
that really, it isn't a lie.
The uncounted one,
the denied one,
is not a child that I have.
He was never mine to keep.
Another woman counts him now.
I only grew him.
I never knew him.
He's gone.

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