Each night, before bed, I enter your room,
and I listen for your breath.
I make sure no harm has come to you, then I leave, and prepare for bed.
I remember clearly, the pain you caused me.
The wrenching of my insides, so horrible, I prayed for death to come.
But it didn't.
Instead, came life.
And with your first breath, all the pain disappeared,
because before me, lay an angel.
Perfectly formed, with hair the color of midnight.
I began to count.
Ten little fingers, ten little toes,
the most beautiful I had ever seen.
In that instant, I knew my reason for being.
You were the light that shined in the darkest of days, the ray of dreams to come.
I drift off now, in peaceful sleep, knowing all is right in my world.
Because long ago, when I thought all hope was lost,
I was blessed with an angel in the guise of a little boy. |
Submission Name: Angels Do Exist
