Daughters hold a special bond

That nothing can replace

Their smiles can chase the blues away

And brighten up a face.

Joys we’ve known, a special day

Shared between us two

Secret talks and peaceful walks

Just to name a few.

Times of reminiscing

The day you learned to crawl

Looking through the photos

I’ve always kept them all.

But one sad day, the phone did ring

It tore my world in two

A voice came on the other end

“I have bad news for you.”

The precious girl,  I loved so much

Was quickly leaving me

So many things we might have known

Will never come to be.

Thoughts of her are everywhere

I cannot let her go

But somewhere up in heaven

A star does softly glow.

She sees a Joy unknown to me

Her face is full of Light

They walk into the Promised Land

God holds her hand so tight.

Just as the shifting sands of time

Flows gently out to sea

Here today and gone tomorrow

My child has been set free.

by  © 2005  Marilyn Ferguson

  ©2005  Marilyn Ferguson

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