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To Lose a Child

  • Dec 24, 2025
  • 1 min read

To lose a child to fever

Too heartbroken to leave her

Forever hear her soul cry

“How can heaven let me die?”

When nothing was done for her

The doctor gave an order

But father tightened his fist

A Christian Scientist

Letting her illness squander

The light that was within her

By finding worthless potions

Clinging to foolish notions

Desperate that she was failing

Still haunted by her wailing

God proved only a liar

Now nothing soothes the fire

Welcoming the chastiser

Though he is none the wiser

And wears pain like a fetter

That he may suffer better.

 
 
 

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