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Child of Death
Laying quiet in still, the bundle you hold,
creeping shades of gray growing so cold
Born to the world but finding only end,
weakness of the frail lifted by a wind
Forever in sleep, only angels know why;
passed over to Heaven on a lullaby
Cradled to breast and tended by heart,
tears eternal,’ without cease to the start
Held in your arms a loss of joyful bliss,
unspoken love given from softest kiss
Drawn breath of life faded to night,
to darkness succumbed a whispered light
All dreams forsaken to death’s shuttered eyes
unheard are the sobs as your mother cries
Come earthly days this child may never see,
but waiting is the kingdom of God’s decree
© C.E.Vance
