poetry

[smurfb1ue]

I wrote this while looking through old pictures of my oldest sponsor child, Birtukan.

sponsorship in four stages

I want to know You,
Little Girl with the braids
and the happy smile
drowning in clothes too big
a world too small

who are You now,
Little Girl with the same
happy smile
standing where I long to stand
[maybe beside you?]

You've grown so tall,
Little Girl still smiling,
sending happy letters
and Hand Drawn pictures
of flowers and flags
like little pieces of you

my heart Breaks for You,
Little Girl, no longer smiling
no longer Little
but heartBroken,
writing to say your mother Died
[please pray for me]
     [I Love her Too much]