A Child Suffers No More

A Child Suffers No More

She lay so still on her hospital bed,
While family gathered around,
It seemed like only yesterday,
Her laughter could always be found.

But the past few months had taken a toll,
She could barely lift her head,
Her body grew weaker day by day,
Until finally she had to be fed.

Just a little girl of ten years old,
Who's life was being cut short,
She would no longer live to run and play,
Or take part in her favourite sports.

Friends could no longer call on her,
To join them in the sun,
Their lives were just beginning,
While hers was almost done.

She slowly opened up her eyes,
And looked at her Mother and said,
Mommy I'm feeling no pain now,
But a great relief instead.

Tears began to trickle down,
Her swollen little cheeks,
And they knew those would surely be,
The last words she would ever speak.

And as if by a miracle a glow encompassed,
The little girl's lifeless form,
As the room began to radiate,
They knew she had been reborn.

An Angel of God was heard to whisper,
These words that filled their ears,
Leukemia has lost the battle to Christ,
Your little girl has nothing to fear.

~valentyne~ ©

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