Walking along, all by myself <br />Strolling through the woods, dark and wet <br />The towering trees slightly bending <br />The wind whistling through my hair <br /> <br />As I keep walking I suddenly hear <br />A still small voice telling me, come closer <br />Listening to the voice leading me on <br />I feel that it’s the Holy Ghost, <br />Telling me someone needs me <br /> <br />I stumbled upon a little girl <br />Standing alone in a meadow <br />She stoops as tears fall from her face <br />It makes me so sad, so I ask what’s wrong <br /> <br />Ever so slowly she tilts her head <br />Tears streaming from her big brown eyes <br />She shows me her hand <br />Closed tightly around a little locket <br /> <br />She starts to shudder and I take her hand <br />She tells me her father has just died <br />And I cry along with her and hug her tight <br />I tell her it’s ok and that she’ll be alright <br /> <br />She tells me he gave it to her <br />The little heart shaped trinket <br />Given to her Just a few months before <br />He left for war. <br /> <br />She says she’s alone, with no one to turn to <br />She says she’s scared with her father gone <br />I try to comfort her as I walk her home <br />Walking hand in hand as we reach the gate <br /> <br />She says thank you to me as I turn to leave <br />She says that she’ll be all right <br />She knows that God is with her <br />For his tears are the rain <br />And he’s crying because she’s sad <br /> <br />So on my way home, I stopped in a grove <br />I sat there and pondered <br />Whether or not I had helped her <br />Or if she really helped me <br /> <br />To understand the true meaning of love <br />Her father gave her a locket as God gives us rain <br />The locket for when he was gone <br />The rain for his sadness when we cry <br /> <br />I shall keep this memory with me in my heart <br />For as I reached my home the sun came out <br />And I knew it was a new day <br />To show the meaning of love<br /><br />Kailynd McGregor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/true-meaning-of-love/
