My Little Secret

I have a small secret tucked away in my heart.
It reveals just how I feel when we are apart.
It hides deep with in and appears to me when alone.
It reminds me of the young years when we were all home.

  You took care of me even though you were ill.
It was your strength and your undying will.
That taught me to be loving and caring like you.
No mater how bad you felt you where able to do.

  For now I am grateful for your loving hand.
It seems like the hourglass is loosing its sand.
And our time together is so far and few between.
Wish I could be there when you need a shoulder to lean.

  So my dear, my little secret is that I love you dearly.
I think about you every second, minute and hourly.
And that's when my little secret shows itself.
I find a little corner to sit and place it high on a shelf.

  I sit back, light a candle and remember those days together.
We loved each other through storms and the worst weather.
So now that my secret is out and no longer silent.
Let's just say it's still a secret tucked away, it never went.

I just share this little secret with the one I love dearly.
And you my dear are the one I will think of into eternity.

Written In Dedecation To My Sister
By Claudia McConnell
January 17, 2003