enjoy this Linda M. Crate writing
in the free 2016 PDF file chapbook: If Tomorrow
Never Comes
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
a child’s forgiving heart
Linda M. Crate
the sun shines bright
as my dreams
the way i know you would have,
and sometimes i think
of the dream i had when i was a child;
that was reoccurring
of a child walking hand-in-hand with a woman
dressed in the same blue-green of the
sea—
a mermaid waves to the child and i must admit
i always thought the child was me,
but maybe it was you
giving me permission to dream
even after your loss;
and i want to thank you for giving me hope
even before i knew you
because sometimes life is hard and people harder
yet just one kind heart and gesture
has the power to change
everything—
keep shining bright, my child.