An Angel's Smile

She looked at him so weakly
With gloom in every breath
As tears poured from her eyes
She stared into the face of death

Little did she know,
Of all the things she never knew
All the times they never spent
All the memories made just for them two

She touched his hand gingerly,
Then his face, then his hair,
She turned away in silence
After laying a single white rose in despair

The memories made,
Now all gone to waste
All the time they spent
Now left a terrible taste

As she lie awake that night
All her tears now wet again
In her hand she held a gun
As she attempted to stop the insane

She let go one more single tear
And as it slipped away she shot
Now they both can be together
Though this way was never to be thought

Her mother now cries her tears,
As she holds her daughter one time more
Never again can she hear her pride and joy’s voice
Never again can she see her angel soar

As the casket is lowered
And buried in newly dug ground
Everyone drops a rose
And walks away without a sound

Yet her parents stay in silence
As they hold each other tight
An image appears dimly
Floating in the faint sunlight

They say an angel’s smile,
Is a blessing beyond ones count
For what her mother saw that evening
Could make believers out of ones so full of doubt