He Was Strong Poem by Kellsey Hartmann

a little boy
just five years old
doesn't understand
what he's been told

never knew his daddy
but mommy's there
he begins to get it
as sheds a tear

mommy holds him
she holds him tight
they both cried
cried all night

another visit today
visiting the doctor's office
days like this
sadly become commonplace

he grows weaker
as the days go by
but for mommy
he has to try

he prays each night
'Please God, make me right.'
mommy sits by his bed
scared to leave him each night

the doctors know
he's only got a while
mommy cursing God
'He's just a Child! ! '

the cancer is winning
and somehow
he knows it
he's calling for mommy now

mommy's never left
been by his bedside
he takes her hand
'It's all right.'

he looks up at her
'We all have some time
and then we go to God;
I'll be fine.'

she looks and smiles
and strokes his head
for those last hours
she never left that bed

they quietly said goodbye
now she knows she was wrong
she thought he was growing weak
but he was growing strong