transformation of an illness

she is quiet now
resting in her hospital bed
breathing gently
the oxygen
that she needs;

she is weak,
but eager to be removed
from the ICU
to a room below.
She hopes it will
be tomorrow.

her spirit awakens
when one comes into
the room,
she asks about others
and for a moment
forgets herself
and her illness.

to be with her for
a moment is to be
ministered to;
to sit with her for
awhile is to
know the presence
of Christ in the room;
to rest with her
is to know that you
both are in the
hands of a loving Father.