Well, remember the little girl
I've been telling you about, lately? She has one more very important person in
her life...
Wearing a pretty little frock,
A red ribbon in her hair
The little one peddled away,
On her little bicycle, looking
everywhere
She was sure he'd gone that way,
She'd seen him leave before
She'd asked him to wait for her,
But he had just run out the door
He'd left with his friends,
To her, they looked big and wise
She was just a little kid,
Just not one of the guys
Still she was determined to find
him
She had no one else to go to
Who else would play with her?
No one, she thought, knowing it
was true
Ringing her little bell,
She crossed over to another
street,
Not seeing a big stone, she
tripped
And got a big scratch on her
feet
Big fat teardrops rolled down
her cheek
As she saw a tear on her
favorite dress
Her hands were scraped, so were
her knees
Dirt and dust everywhere, she
was a mess
She got up again slowly,
Picked up her cycle and walked
Sniffling but trying to be a big girl,
Still a little bit shocked
She reached the playground
finally,
And breathed out in relief
There he was, with his friends
Now, he'd take away her grief
And he turned around,
As she called out his name
But his smile turned into a
frown
And angry he became
And she got scared
As he walked towards her,
How annoyed he was the last
time,
Now she seemed to remember
He seemed a bit embarrassed,
And roughly told her to go away
He didn't give her a chance to
speak
He said he had to go back to
play
As he started to turn away,
He noticed something on her knee
Her face red and swollen
The little frock torn and dusty
He felt a tinge of worry and
shame,
And stopped down to see her
properly,
With a finger, he brought her
chin up
She was hurt, now he could see
He felt his heart twist
painfully,
Because it hadn't been her fall
alone
That had caused all the hurt
But a mistake of his own
He took her little hand in his,
And kissed her on the cheek
He told her, "I'm sorry
kiddo"
And then started to speak
"You can play with me,
Any and every time you say"
"I'll teach you everything
I know,
You'll be a pro one day"
As she smiled a little at that,
His game and friends, he forgot
And they started walking home
Like a big brother he thought
Never run ahead to leave her behind,
He'd always catch her if she
fell
Just as she was to their
parents,
She was his baby, as well
He'd scare her with spooky
stories,
But then calm her down after a
while
He'd fight with her like
anything
Then make her laugh and smile
He'd be there for her each day,
He'd be her best friend
He'd give her advice without
preaching
With her, he'd never pretend
While crossing the same street
where she'd fallen,
The little girl had a thought of
her own
She could follow her big brother
around now
And she turned to whisper a
thank you to the stone
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This one was for my big brother's birthday on the 25th of October! <3
Pic Courtesy: Google!
