Seven days

I never got to hear you cry
Such a silly thing to miss
Your smile I’ll always wonder
Your lips, I’ll want to kiss

Your hugs I’ll never get to feel
Your hands I’ll never hold
The image that I have of you
Will never grow up or old

I didn’t get to hold you lots
Never got to know you well
So sick and weak that you were
So tiny and so frail

So beautiful and wonderful
The love I felt was strong
I prayed with all my life
That your own life, it would go on

You couldn’t stand to struggle
You couldn’t make a sound
I knew that when I looked at you
For heaven you were bound

So we took all the tubes off
The wires we took off too
And we held you in our arms
And we gave our love to you

You tried to cry, but were to weak
I cried when you could not
And I held you while you left this world
With the pain you felt, I fought

My thoughts were all on your life
I had never wished you harm
And I cried a thousand tears that night
That god took you in his arms

I’ll cry out loud, cause you could not
When I think about your days
I’ll remember as often as I can
In many different ways.


Though seven days was way to short
And I’ll always wish for more
I thank the lord for each one
And my heart will feel less sore

Less sore with each happy thought
I think and have of you
For those days filled up my heart with love
Even though they were so few

Thank you for what you gave me
Thank you for the life you had
Forever and always I’ll love you
For your life I’ll always be glad.

I will hold your little twin sister
I have one instead of two
And I will cry out loud cause you could not
When we remember you.

K.A.Stryer February 9, 2003