The monitor beeps
The signs are vital
Her lips are blue
She's holding on to life
But she can barely take a breath
Her mother is standing over her
Death gripping the hospital bed
A single tear escapes her
Followed by another
And another
Until that woman has soaked herself
And her child
In salty tears
In between gasps
You could make out
The hopeless whispers
"Why? How could you do this?"
The whispers became moans
That became shouts
That became screams
She was screaming at her baby
All she wanted was to have one more chance
As a mother
She felt like some how
This was all her fault
She in someway
Wasn't worthy of her daughter
And her terrible parenting
Pushed her little girl to do this
Sher felt like she killed her own baby
And guess what
Daddy feels the same way
Only he wasn't strong enough to
Face the child that he created
The life that he had given
Only for her to take it away
He should have know
When he saw the cuts
But he ignored them
Denial was the enemy
And he lost the war
He tried to hold on and be strong
But then it hit him
Like bricks hitting the pavement
He might not be a Daddy anymore
He choked on his own tears
Before they started spilling out
But his wife ran into the hallway
Drenched in tears of her own
And she roared in horror
The nurse
Ran into the panicked room
She looked at the machines
One beep
Two beeps
Three beeps
Flatline
No more noise
No more girl
No more family
Everyone is broken.
