poem

FOR THE SAKE OF ROBERT
BY: TIFFANY LAPE

A STAR THAT SHINED HIGH ABOVE,
GLEAMS FROM HIS EYES TO SHOW HIS LOVE.
GOD KNEW HIS LIFE HERE WOULD NOT BE LONG,
AND GAVE TO ROBERT, A MOTHER STRONG.

FOR THE SAKE OF ROBERT,
EACH CHOICE SHE MADE
UNKNOWING THE PATH THAT GOD HAD PAVED.

FOR THE SAKE OF ROBERT,
NEW MEDICINES WERE TRIED.
FOR THE SAKE OF HIS LIVER,
A YOUNG BOY DIED.

THE SOUNDS THAT HE UTTERED,
TO SOME SOUNED MUTTERED,
BUT TO MOST THEY WERE THE NOTES OF A PERFECT SONG

THEY SAID "HE'S DELAYED"
BUT TO BATTLE EACH DAY
WITH PURE FIGHT AT THE AGE OF TWO,
IS SO MORE PROGRESSED
THAN A STRONG MAN AT REST,
AND NOT SOMETHING "BIG" PEOPLE COULD DO.

FOR THE SAKE OF ROBERT,
LIVES REVOLVED AROUND HIM.
NO HOME TO CALL HOME,
A DIFFERENT ROOM, A DIFFERENT PHONE.
HIS MOM LIVES WITHOUT BOTH OF HER CHILDREN.

FOR THE SAKE OF ROBERT,
HIS BROTHER DANCES AND WIGGLES,
ROBERT SMILES AND GIGGLES.....
FOR LAUGHTER IS THE MEDICINE THAT "CURES".

WHEN ALL MEDICINE FAILS
AND THE HOPE STANDS PALE,
TO THE VICTORY THAT'S MILES AHEAD,
IT'S FOR ROBERT'S SAKE,
THAT HIS FAMILY WILL MAKE
THE CHOICES THAT GOD HAS INTENDED.

FOR GOD IN HIS PLAN,
HELD HEATHER'S HAND
DOWN THE PATH HE HAD ALREADY LADEN.

THE EARTH WAS KISSED
WHEN HE WAS BORN.
HE GRACED OUR HEARTS AND OUR LIVES.
FOR THE SAKE OF ROBERT,
THE STARS WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE,
NOW HIGH ABOVE WE WILL SEE HIS LOVE,
***TWINKLING IN THE STARS FROM HIS EYES***