Wednesday 2 April 2008

In My Heart, a Child I've Borne

A child promised to death,
A chimera, a silent victim
Of an illness he knows not of.
His people, the virus took to-
Humble graves baked in the-
Unforgiving, unholy sun.
But in my heart this child
I've borne, to love and to hold--
Till he transforms my sins-
To gentle virtues worthy of-
A mother who bled for him.

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