O Pearl Of Mine

O Pearl Of Mine

Like a fairy you came waving your magic wand
Miniature girl curled lightly in my arm
Your delicate tiny hands plying the air
A fairy-dusted dream to calm my storms of grief . . .
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You were the one who rang peals of giggles like bells
Six years of laughter, six years of tenderness.
O shining jewel of my soul riding waves of purity
Bubbly girl ringing joy warming my heart beyond belief . . .
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A few souls have reached out, touching mine
Deep inside where I could feel them
But wild wind and waves carried them away
When I wasn’t finished knowing them yet
Like you, my daughter Sheena Rose
Leaving only floating fragrant memories
Like the fairy tales of my childhood
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Precious fingers caressing my face - a legacy
Sweet breath against my cheek tenderly
Long lashes fluttering a gentle memory
“Want a butterfly kiss, mommy?” high voice chiming
Chanting our poetry together - you loved the rhyming
Shining face, tiny white teeth, deepest blue eyes
Sparkling - loving me! O joy! O surprise!
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Those bell-giggles continually ringing
Long wispy light brown hair blowing
My passionate, lovely, mercurial child
Running so free - O little girl growing
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How can we keep fairy dust from falling
From our enraptured eyes?
How can we keep our fairy tales
From losing their magic disguise ?
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Yet if I had known you couldn’t stay
I still would have called O come anyway!
Crawl through my heart’s wall, hold my hand
Stay, dear, as long as you possibly can
Do tell me your stories, let me know thine;
O come get to know me, let me tell you mine
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In our lives that are made of
Such small fragile chapters
We shared the richness
Of your splendid laughter
And our fairy tales will linger
Sweetly ever after

Poem and Photographs
(C) 1999 Rosemary J. Gwaltney, and Dale W. Gwaltney All rights reserved.