Little Sister, Guardian Angel

The sunshine face and the child of God,
A run-away sleeping beneath the water.
A gentle laughter is her call
And she walks light-footed through the leaves.

She is unafraid and loves her mother,
She doesn’t cry and she doesn’t cough.
Not even two feet tall or aged,
But she knows her place and stands unmoved.

An example for the shallow in heart,
A timeless prophet, teacher, friend.
She will instruct and she will obey
And she is not wary of finality.

A sacrifice:
She fell in honest, willing, triumph
And dove into the water deep
Sealed forever in our family’s name.

A fate that I would not have chosen,
A fear that haunts me every night,
She is the courage, she is the heavens
And strict obedience was her plight.

She is all of us and she is gone.
She is nothing but fallen dust.
Who once brought sunshine now brings thunder
And broken hearts and hardened crust.

Find her in me you will not.
Find her in me you will.
She is a memory and a fable,
And is buried on a forgotten hill.

Her body fell into the water
As her spirit rose into the sky
He is her Savior, she is His daughter,
From heaven she sings his lullaby.