Consequences

They said these pictures would be graphic.
I believed them.
But I thought I could handle it, my mother being who she is.
I was wrong.
Heartbreaking.
Frightening.
I'm scared when he says 'Next slide.'
Barely bigger than a dollar bill.
Her heart is outside of her body.
He doesn't have the lung capacity to breathe and dies within 48 hours.
These are children.
Sweet spirits that needed to visit us so badly they didn't care how.
They weren't given a chance to live.
They paid the consequences.
For two people.
Who made a mistake in the heat of a moment.
I cry for the beautiful souls that were lost.
I smile for the strong ones, who will serve a greater purpose.