An Angels Face

An Angel's Face There she was, lost between starched white sheets feeding tubes inserted heart monitors in place The family was outside in the hallway praying while mom held her hand and sang to her Then in the softness of a whispered prayerful hour the machine began to beep and all hell broke loose Doctors and nurses rushed to her side, stark sober as a dying child left, mom staggered a cry "please " Paddles were set in place as everyone prayed not a sound was uttered from our lips as we waited Meanwhile in heaven the peek of an angel's face brought down a house of angels as the heart stopped There she lay tangled up between life and death one filament chord detached and up she went When she saw her mother's tears , she returned with all the courage one could muster, She squeezed back into her broken body, and lived....