Sweet Sixteen

My beautiful Bianca, on 2nd July
you will be sweet sixteen
you have no comprehension
to you it's just another birthday
your'e a ten year old little girl
trapped in the body of a teenager.
Seven months after you were born
TRADGEDY struck!
An accident at the daycare
left you in a coma on life support
the prognosis - brain damage and part paralysis
I didn't cry then
I had to be strong
I was devestated, my senses numb
I was angry, shouting to God!!
Why my child?
What did I do to deserve this?
I look at you today, pretty as a picture
my heart fills with unbearable sadness
I wonder sometimes what you could have been
an academic, ballerina, gymnast
or even a beauty queen!
You asked me, if you wrote a poem
if I would post it, I said "yes of course"
You took the "Groot Verseboek", chose a poem
painstakingly you copied one stanza
it took you hours to write....
A beautiful poem you chose, I must admit
I cried bitterly, couldn't sleep
I couldn't post your poem
the words were not your own.
But today, I will post a poem for you
my special gift to you
may the Angels surround and protect you
from the cruelty of this world
may God bless you abundantly.
Have a wonderful, joyfilled, happy
Sweet Sixteen