Ruby's Prayers

Ruby refused
To give up hope,
And kept praying
For a miracle,
That somehow
Her mother
Would rally
And triumph
Over the cancer.
No one could have
Prayed more fervently
Than she did,
And she was
Utterly devastated
That her prayers
Went unanswered.
I was in awe
Of her simple,
But elemental faith,
For I had none.