The Littlest Lights

It's always the littlest lights

The ones that flicker

The ones that waver

At the slightest attempt to put them out.

It's always the littlest ones.

Give them space to breathe

And a chance to grow
They'll steadily learn to shine
Even when the tough winds blow

And you'll see their light dance in your eyes.

It's always the littlest lights.

Some wrongs are forever

As she sat with her 4 year old

Teaching him how to read and write;

She decided to take the lesson further

And also teach him wrong from right.

“Freedom comes with boundaries”, she told him,

“Each person has their own space.

“Your freedom doesn’t allow you to invade their boundaries.

Promise me you’ll never bring me disgrace!”

Trying to figure out what his mother meant

He listened to her attentively, unfazed

“Every time you choose to act,” she told him, “Remember,

“There are some actions that can never be erased!”

My angel in disguise

The universe heard a prayer

Sent up to the sun and skies,

“We need help here on Earth

Could you send down an angel in disguise?”

So the Earth was blessed with…

Well, she just looked human.

She was just like the rest of us.

What was God proovin’?

Then we began to see the wonders

This human could do.

Her wide eyes and infectious laugh

Affected others too.

Her magic slowly began to appear

When she sought to help others in need.

She didn't know that was to be her calling

Her vocation, her good deed.

It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows;

There've been plenty of falls.

She picked herself up, brushed herself off

And trudged onward through it all.

Battered and worn

Like a well-weathered stone,

She emerges like a diamond.

Through​ the process, she has grown.

Her brilliance lights other's lives

Guiding them to the right path.

Her heart is the fireplace we need

To bring warmth to our home and hearth.

Some angels forget they are angels

In their struggles on this Earth.

But we should always send up a prayer of thanks

For the day they were given birth!