I want to share a story
Of a baby I once knew
His name was Kobe Allen
My little baby nephew
Eight weeks early
He was given birth
He struggled everyday
To stay upon this earth
His gorgeous little smile
Brought happiness and joy
He was daddy's
Precious baby boy
The ignorance of a parent
The neglect of a mother
Caused my nephew Kaleb
To lose his little baby brother
She chose to stay up all night
And finally falling asleep
She was not awaken
By the heart monitor beep
His daddy away at work
Mommy fast asleep
Kaleb just a baby
No one heard the beep
Daddy came home form work
Kobe just six months old
To find his precious baby boy
Lying in his crib cold
Taken to the hospital
His heart they could not start
When we had to bury him
It tore our world apart
This is a story of my nephew, my feelings on what happened, my opinion. There are two sides to every story and this is my side, my emotions. Everyone has the right to freedom of speech and my poetry is how I speak and express emotion. I am sorry if anyone is offended by this.
Copyright 2004 Denise Clark