Visiting Hours

We just had a close call, my precious angel; you saw me standing down the street;

And from our front lawn you came running, so there, you could me greet!

A car was coming your way, I yelled for it to stop;

It did in just the nick of time, and into my arms you plopped!

I picked you up and held you, said “please don’t do that ever again”;

“For if anything ever happened to you, what would your Daddy ever do then?”

As I bent down to gently kiss you, I suddenly awoke;

And realized that I’d just been dreaming, those words to you I spoke!

The tears then filled my eyes up, as reality set in;

You left me a long time ago, and what a nightmare it has been!

I cry several times each day now, so broken is my heart;

It drips with “purple rain” now, since that night we had to part!

The hours we now visit, are the ones that I find sleep;

I’ll close my eyes and see you, still safe within my keep!

But all too soon they’re over; “visiting hours” have come to end;

Then I look forward to the next ones, and all the love you’ll send!