For weeks mother lay in coma
And Recovery was very slow,
No dramatic opening of the eyes
No sign of consciousness.
Then slightly over a period of days
Her eyes opened to the world,
She began to take in the world
And recognize our faces.
Then after weeks she sat up
Looking about her quietly,
Vaguely she was angry
For things eluded her.
Like a movie she couldn't grasp
The essence of the plot,
As we tried and tried to explain
But she merely nodded her head.
The nervous wait to discover,
If mother's internal mechanism
Would work enough to permit
No outside help or aid.
Would her body ever recover?
To give the doctors some time,
For medicine and care to work
In a case of helpless.
As you see someone you love
And there's no way to reach out,
We pray to God - our last resort
As a doctor of the sky.
I stood alone in the hospital
When I felt around my shoulder,
I turned to see my brother
Standing quietly in prayer.
Then we both cried and cried
For days together and together,
Till mother showed sign of improvement
Our prayer answered by the Lord. |
