Sorrow Still Lingers

It hasn’t been so long, you know. Since I saw, your eyes aglow. . . . They smiled a little smile for me. You had your joy, you had your fun. You had fifteen seasons in the sun. . . . I didn’t know that you would leave me. The backyard swing still sways lonely. Since the day you rode it boldly. . . . Save a swing sway there for me. The more and more I think about you. There was magical love all around you. . . . The room is now empty, except for me. Your love is in the trees, wind and snow. Yes in the streams when I watch them flow. . . . Heartache and regret, still follow me. I’m sorry, I never spoke of the little details. You were so busy with songs and puppy dog tails. . . . I wish it were, six carryin’ me. Written for a girl of nearly four. My son was born at the same time my lady friend had twin girls born, and I babysat all 3 quite often. One girl had neuroblastoma [cancer of the blood] and so I also helped them for her last 2 years, Kristen always had a smile, even as she lay with her body of orange, slowly passing.