The ground beneath me shifted
as I felt what was my heart
pummeling through my body
stuck in a crater of bile
the bulge in my throat
surfaced out my mouth
from where I know not
in the form of a creature
screaming incoherently
my world as I knew it was over
as I stare skeptically
at her cold, stiff body
lying there alone
thinking, this cannot happen
she’s only twenty-seven
she must get married
have babies of her own
make me a grandma
she ain’t even grown!
How could God do this?
My life will never be the same
as my only child left
the world far too soon
after she came.