Wishing Well
A little girl went skipping down to the wishing well
Wearing a torn dirty dress and her hair in a ponytail
She stood on her tippy toes and looked down inside
Seeing her reflection she said hello and an echo replied
She came to make a wish for her sick mom home in bed
Her daddy left not saying a word just a kiss on the forehead
The little girl takes a coin out of her pocket and drops it in
Closing her eyes she tells the well her wish with a dimpled grin
Racing back to her house she bursts through the front door
Peeks in her mother’s room but she’s not there like before
Mommy, where are you she yells as she searches every room
She was about to cry when she smelled a familiar perfume
My little girl she hears whispered in her ear don’t be afraid
I have gone to heaven to be with Jesus you need to be brave
Daddy is waiting for you and he needs you more than ever
I may be gone from sight but I will live in your heart forever
She could hear her daddy calling as her mommy faded away
I’m over here daddy talking to mommy she says we have to stay
Her daddy picks her up in his arms and gives her a loving squeeze
Not knowing what to say to his little girl or even what to believe
How could she be talking to mommy when he saw her die today?
I need to tell you something about mommy and why she went away
Mommy told me already and then she gently touched his face
I wished for mommy to get better and now she is in a better place.
They walked hand in hand and both knowing they had each other
He would miss his wife and the little girl would miss her mother
Now the little girl is all grown up and is a mother of a little boy
Understanding the meaning of unconditional love and pure joy
A little boy went skipping down to the wishing well
Wearing torn dirty shorts and holding his fishing pail
He stood on his tippy toes and looked down inside
Seeing his reflection he said hello and an echo replied.
Copyright © Erin Soares-Anselmi | Year Posted 2014
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