Baby

My precious little baby

I love you more than words can say

But as I hold you in my arms

I watch your life just slip away

I have prayed for a miracle

Still, your will to live is gone

Tonight I'll rock you fast asleep

But you'll not awake at dawn

Your tiny little fingers move

The last move they'll ever make

And you breathe a little sigh

The last breath you'll ever take

Oh my precious little baby

You have been so dear to me

Your pain has finally ended

Your life was never meant to be

The tears trickle down my cheek

As I must kiss you goodbye

And this is more than I can bear

To watch my little baby die

These bittersweet memories

Will forever flood my mind

But for a grieving mother

No comfort will I ever find

My precious little angel

Has returned from where she came

The world will never know of her

But for this stone that bears her name

 

©S. Austin Vincoski