Memories of An Angel

On days like these

My heart remembers a time

From my far away youth

A sunny spring day years ago

Faded from time

Faded from a once vivid memory

A visit to her

I was still a child, innocent

She was an old woman, experienced

I loved her unconditionally

But cruel Time stole her away

When I was still so young

Never would I get to know

Who this woman was

Never would I know…

Young and foolish, I could not understand her death

What child truly can?

She was gone in body

But for me

Her spirit remained

To protect and guide

The girl she never got to know

There was a time when

I never doubted

A time I was certain

That the woman I had fragmented memories of

Had become my very own

Guardian Angel

Who came on the wind

To play with me

To give me a companion

But as children grow

Feelings change

Little thought was given

To the affectionate winds

That danced across my face and arms

A guardian angel who was

Swallowed by time and

Fleeting belief

More than a decade has passed

Since that windy day

I realized you were

Watching over us, two generations of grandchildren

The world works in mysterious ways

And here I sit

With memories evoked by

The tickle of wind

On my face and arms