Lexie
My grand niece Lexie died last Sunday
In her mother's arms and aged just under three
Was born with an untreatable, incurable malady.
Under the sentence of death from the day
Of her first breath she survived an unnatural lifetime
Loved beyond compare at home, and many times hauled back From the clutches of death at our Starship Hospital.
Lexie had an unfathomable wisdom; in the way her eyes
Read our souls, demanding her deserving attention
Mimicking our every nuance, reflecting to us ourselves, And in her complimentary manner finding in us a depth
And breadth of love and humility we never knew we had.
As her one hundred year old great grandmother could say
"She was my best mate" an ultimate tribute from Olive.
Now we all go again our own ways touched by Lexie,
And relieved that the time never came when any pity
She may have learned could have become a part of her.
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