Within her chest
Lies a heart in pain.
No ability to scream
No one to blame
The shame is hers
To bear alone
The disease has ravaged
Her flesh to bone
Just one mistake
Will cost her life
Leaving her children alone
Her husband absent his wife
If she could go back
Just once more
She would not knock
On fates door
She'd walk away
Her head held high
She'd ignore the temptation
The price wasn't worth it to die
Where's the devil
When you need him most
She's ready to deal her soul
For a chance to coast
Back into her life
Giving her children
What they desire most
Oh how her body hurts now
The pain of remorse
To great to debate
The time has come
To give in to her fate
But how can she just
Lie here and die
Her children stand gently
Weeping by her side
Hold On Mom
They vehemently cry
We still need you now
Please oh please don't die
She struggles within
Gathers all her might
She can do this
She can fight
She can beat this
Horrible disease
Give her children back
The mom they need
It was one mistake
So long ago
A simple one night stand
Protection a no go
She has paid her dues
And suffered well
Does she really deserve
This living hell?
She's never quit
Never given up
A fighter she is
And fight she must
But her body is weak
Her strength is gone
It's all she has left
To lift her arm
She moves her arm
The children draw near
They bend in to hear her whispers
In their ear
I love you all..
You are my world
But the time has come
for me to go
I can't fight anymore
My will is old
The disease has won
The battle is done
As their tears drip down
To caress her face
She closes her eyes
Gives up the chase
The time has come
To pay her sins
She didn't want
The devil to win
She asked the Lord
Protect my loves
Forgive my sins
and she rose above
To lie in His arms
As her loves gently wept
Her pain now gone
Her body at rest
Her struggle was fierce
The battle well fought
But in the end
AIDS won, she lost.