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For a Child

A high fever and soft music
the doctor had sent us home
mom rocked him all night long
at the hospital I played with a wheelchair
they brought me in to say goodbye while
he was still technically alive

I have been to his grave once since then
there is a little teddy bear on the stone

Posted by on September 16, 2006 8:15 PM |

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