Simple, Precious Gift

You were always something special when you smiled

And I’m thankful for the chances I was given

To share in something beautiful that few could ever see

If only I had known how short a time I’d get to savor

That simple, precious gift I had been handed

I know that I’m too soft and sentimental

For the moments and the memories long gone

But so often I find they’re all I have to hold

As little as they were to you they mean the world to me

And though it will likely never grace my vision again

I can always look back on that smile as a moment lost in time

And think of what it meant to me those days