IF ONLY

If only I could have you back for just another day

I’d tell you all the little things I’d always meant to say

I’d tell you have you really make me feel so full of pride

How happy I felt to have you that I surely could have cried

I’d tell you that you’re beautiful with eyes so big and blue

Hair so soft and shiny almost too good to be true

I’d tell you how you make me laugh splashing the bath water

I’d tell you just how much it means to have you as my daughter

If only I could have you back for just a little while

I’d hold you close with tender arms and wonder at your smile

I’d whisper that I love you but my heart would break, Annie

I wish that I could have you back, you’re all the world to me

ANNIE

There’s no need to wash your clothes now

Your toys are quiet and still

The bathroom floor’s much drier

I’ve no dishes or juice cups to fill

I miss the sound of your laughing

And your tears to wipe away

Your cot looks cold and empty

Since that awful April day

I only have your photos and

One drawing you did for me

I can only sit down and remember

Your beautiful memory

But you know I will always love you

The only daughter I ever had

And you know I will never forget you

Although I will always be sad

I’m told you are an angel now

The most beautiful angel I’m sure

And from now until the end of time

I could not love you more.

MY BRIGHT STAR

A million tears, a heartache

And a sorrow that runs deep

No more to kiss and cuddle you

Just memories to keep

Although it was so short a time

That you were here to play

The happiness you brought me

No-one can take away

A little Angel here on earth

You left me asking ‘Why?’

But I’ll hold you close in time again

My Bright Star in the sky