Love Kept Me Alive Poem by Chris Embrick

I was born a tiny flower
with no power
right from the start
my life was marked

Through the years my family's changed
with different names
but special care
was always there

Now middle-aged with Down's Syndrome
I'm not alone
I still survive
Love' still alive


Epilogue:

My sister was born in 1962 with Down's Syndrome.After my parents died
Janet spent the next ten years in a Care Home. When the home closed,
one of the Caregivers wanted Janet to come and live with her family.
She was readily and lovingly accepted.In the world today, those with the slightest abnormality are often deemed expendable.Love never kills
the unwanted.True love is unconditional.