To My Child

I see your face as I close my eyes.

Tiny nose and mouth, no beauty could compromise

So sweet your smile

Soft and kind

Your angelic voice asks to stay awhile

I feel as if I have lost my mind

My sin and guilt scared upon my face.

In a whisper I beg forgiveness from his grace.

My fear and weakness brought me there

And you were taken to my despair

Empty now in life’s great throughs

I reflect upon my choice in wailful woe

For you were beauty and God’s great gift

I know now I can never heal this rift

Ill pray for thee till my dying day

In brief hope that I will see you someday.

Until then I carry on

Slowly still the days drag on

Waiting for the day to come

For deaths sweeping hand to take me home

-KS