G-d of toddler wobble & teen sweat, of bride’s lace

& belly quake, cradle my newborn cry beside my love.

G-d of new bruises & blood loss, You grew these cells.

Let tears petition boundless eyes to cry beside my love!

G-d of transplant & graft, of transfusion & mask,

spare me this task. Will no star rise beside my love?

No G-d cracked his gene & grew this rebel protein.

Who hacks his counts? Who sucks time beside my love?

Devil of no sleep.  Devil of dawn needle & night

shakes. A devil IV snakes beside my love.

Devil of dumb mutation. Stomach devil. Tongue devil.

A beeping breathing devil machine dies beside my love.

No devil brought him back today.  He stayed in the sheets

& did not rise with the sun. G-d, how I cried beside my love.