Born, Silent

Frail, her heartbeat faded 'way

Silent chamber; her shroud

Angelic babe, to sleep always

Fluttering wings surround

Mother carries, still, her child

Grief bemoans a dirge

Resting place; tomb, undefiled

Her womb, she's soon to purge

Born, absent of life and breath

To seas of tears; bereft

Innocence, entombed in death

Her father's chin and cleft

Cradled; pine and ivory

Silk garments draped in place

Blankets laid; white lilies

Her soul more pure than they

Fragile hearts are broken

Tears speak; no words define

Each time her name is spoken

Echoes sorrow, still carried, alive