Rocking back and forth, the words
so gently expelled from her lips

"Sleep little one, I will hold you in
your sleep,

A tear fell like in slow motion descending on
the face of the little one, unmoved it falls further.

"Now you slumber now you are at peace,
"Mummy will always be here holding my dearest,

"Five minutes earlier,

As they walked hand in hand, she looked down
at her baby girl, her world shone with a smile.
A momentary unclasping as excitement of what
was seen. Only a moment that in seconds became
an eternity, then the noise dust and screaming.

"Mummy, mummy it hurts,

"My baby, Mama is here, ill hold you tight never fear,

"I'm cold mummy, I feel tired,

She cries out for help, but every where is chaos.
All that is seen is others holding, helping dearest.

"My little angel mummy will sing you to sleep,*

"Sleep little one, I will hold you in your sleep,
"Now you slumber now you are at peace,
"Mummy will always be here holding my dearest,*

And with those last lingering words she is gone.
A mother cries tears of a heart now broken in two,
moments that are everything no longer to pass.
She sits there rocking her baby, tears falling silently