(august 30th) <br /> <br />Today in 1997 <br />I had been at the hospital for 4 days, without sleep- <br />gambling with nurses and doctors, betting against God. <br /> <br />we had knelt in the waiting room, my sisters and I, <br />along with one of our aunts who had been taught the art <br />of praying- so profusely <br />the stigmata flashed before my eyes <br /> <br />it wasn't enough, love rarely is- <br />it does not grant miracles <br />or give one wings to go above grief <br /> <br />ask any child who's ever experienced <br />the breath of life <br />sucked from a mother's breast- <br />they'll tell you: <br />love is a sadist beast<br /><br />Amberlee Carter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-cannot-be-forgotten/
