Happy Tears

Chapter one

She looks around, she wonders

She is lost and confused

She thinks hard, she ponders

She stares down at her shoes

Where had she been, how did she get here

Her body trembles and shakes

Her sight is blurry, Nothing’s clear

She needs to put on her brakes

But she’s on foot, not in a car

She frowns at her expression

She looks to the heavens, to the stars

As if asking a question

Not realizing, not knowing

She carefully looks ahead

She has no idea where she is going

She’d rather be home instead

Then she wonders where that might be

As she continues to walk

It’s so dark she can barely see

Yet she ceases to halt

She then realizes she is being guided

By a man holding her hand

She doesn’t feel the need to fight it

Although she doesn’t understand

Is she so crazy

That she thought she was alone

Was everything so hazy

Or was her mind truly gone

Either way, she’s back now

No need to be alarmed

She can tell by his touch

That he means her no harm

She looks up to the man

“Where are we going?”

“Half the fun you understand,

Is the surprise of not knowing.”

He winks at her and smiles

Then she smiles right back

She could walk with him for miles

And never look back.

Chapter two

He stares at his baby

As she lays in the hospital bed

That’s his life, his lady

Hanging on by a thread

He wipes away new tears

As he clutches her hand

They’ve been together for years

He does not understand

How a woman so strong

Could look so weak

He hopes it will not be long

Before his baby girl speaks

He thinks about that morning

When he walked out the door

Did he tell her that he loved her

Like all the mornings before

Of course he did, Did he kiss her

Did he touch her beautiful face

Did he tell her he would miss her

Yearning for her sweet embrace

He knows he can’t go back

And make her not get in the car

He has accepted the simple fact

That we are stuck right where we are

He wants to take the violence

He wants to take away her fear

He prays for her in silence

Because he knows the end is near.

Chapter three

He looks upon this child

She is a woman no more

He graces her with his smile

As he opens up the door

They walk through hand in hand

Her pain and fears are gone

She completely understands

Everything that’s going on

He is her father, He is the Father

He is here to take her home

She’s so happy, she’s so grateful

For the love that he has shown

She has known this day would come

But there’s no wings or pearly gates

There’s no bright light, there’s no tunnel

Just happiness awaits

He releases her with a sigh

Even the Lord sheds happy tears

She turns and waves goodbye

And slowly disappears.