• I remember when
    The snow was five inches
    And I was only four.
    Daddy said I was too little,
    To play out in the snow.
    I was only four foot three
    The snow was so much taller
    Than me.

    I watched from my
    Pretty pink room
    As the Christmas lights flickered on
    And the icicles doubled the light,
    Making the yard glow with
    Reds, yellows and greens.

    Daddy came in, holding a book.
    “Santa will be here soon,
    You need to go to sleep.”
    I looked up at him, my princess nightgown
    Falling to my knees as I stood to plead.
    “No, now get in bed I’ll read to you.”

    I obeyed, climbing on to my bed.
    My quilt draped over me as he read.
    I dreamed of the presents,
    Sitting under the tree.
    Waiting to be torn open and
    Be loved on.
    That was the last day
    I ever saw my daddy.