A young mother <br />And a six year old daughter <br />Were crossing a busy intersection <br />To go to a public library. <br />The small girl was dancing <br />All gleeful and happy <br />On her way to check out books, <br />But her mother was walking slowly <br />With delicate, painful steps and required a cane. <br />I pondered what was the reason for this? <br />She is thirty at the most! <br />Perhaps, she suffered a car accident, <br />Maybe a sports-related injury, <br />Maybe a birth defect, <br />But it made me all heartbroken and sad <br />And I wanted to cry <br />For the fragile life of humans.<br /><br />Uriah Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fragile-life-of-humans/
