In praise of the little ones. |
The Gift Of A Child. The steam rose off the path now the rain did fall. The sky above was as blue as ever before What a dreadful hot day it had been Now little one refused to wear her raincoat And to make her would be mean. She was dancing under God's sky. She was twirling in the rain She was laughing under cool sprays Till the sun came out again. Her hair was getting damp now, Her socks were drenched in rain She was laughing at the blue sky She was singing once again And suddenly it stopped The heat once more returned We were left with the steam again For the on taps had been turned- Had been turned to off Just as quickly as it fell And my daughter wasn't pleased This was not too hard to tell She was dragging her feet now Over remnants of the rain She was searching for a puddle She was searching in vain She was frowning through the hot air She was complaining once again And she asked me in a small face "What had stopped the rain?" I said rain is a gift girl, cherish it whilst you can Do you know after a sun shower You often see a bright arch band? It was in the afternoon, at the end of the day My son spotted the rain bow and pointed up that way Excited now together, they looked up hand in hand, They danced their praises in a circle Beneath the big bright band Before it started fading I went to take a snap But I couldn't get close enough, So I called it a wrap. The kids were not happy, they wanted it to stay. Yet I explained it would not be as special If we saw it every day. A sun shower is lovely A rainbow in the sky. We see once in a while And then they pass us by So we can look forward to the day it comes again- To play under a rainbow Or dance in falling rain. I thought to myself as they raced each other home That they're growing up too fast That they would leave me all alone. Then I sighed and thought to myself Of course in years they have to go But my doors are always open And my love will over flow. My heart will rejoice, to see them again And we will dance under a rainbow We will go singing through the rain. Unicorn star.. |