The Gift
I hope I gave her some gift of happiness
In the short time we had
That my friendship gave her some comfort
In the strange cold rooms she was often in
Our laughter and play
Made some sliver of her life more bearable than the rest
For you gave me so much
So it is only natural for me to hope
That I gave you something just as wonderful back
Forever I am grateful to have had you
In the brief reaches childhood allows
Elizabeth Almeida ©2021