The Angel

If you know what I know
then you would know a lot.
I've looked into the eyes
of death and survived.
They say that a baby isn't born
until he breathes the breath of life.
People, like parents and doctors
wait for the cries of the newborn.
If they don't hear it, 
then the child isn't alive.
I didn't breathe that breath,
but I didn't want to die.
I held on for what it's worth
and I finally made it.
I fought with all my heart.
I fought with my soul.
I fought with the angel of death.
He knelt before me in defeat.
It was at that moment
that I knew my place.
I was to be a new angel
to look after the world.