Leilani - Heavenly Flower
Leilani was a little island child
as lovely as the bud that she first saw
in spring where it was growing in the wild.
She loved to visit it, and then with awe
she noted its unfolding day by day.
Nobody noticed that Leilani, though,
was growing smaller. Little did she weigh!
What grew inside her, nobody could know.
One day the flower that she loved so much
began to wilt. By summer it would die.
Leilani grew sick too, for it was such
a bad disease she had, her soul would fly
to heaven, where sweet girls like Leilani
are blossoming for an eternity.
*I have always loved the sound of Hawaiian names, so I wanted to show Leilani, which means Heavenly flower or garland.
written Aug. 30, 2016 for Casarah Nance's "And In Words She Blooms"
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