No Ordinary Thing!

It was something ordinary,
But a treasure that I'll save;
It clothed the extraordinary,
Music turned into a story;
A child's sweet gift she gave;

She sang a song about a dream;
No sooner did she start,
Than the simple little melody,
Very unexpectedly,
Reached right into my heart;

I was, once again, that little child,
Swinging in a tree,
Seeing colours in its bark,
Then, piling leaves up in the park,
And it delighted me!

She looked at me with hopeful eyes
As she laughed the final note;
No other would be quite like this,
Signed and given with a kiss;
A lump formed in my throat;

It was something unexpected,
On an ordinary day,
But, to touch a heart and make it sing
Is no simple ordinary thing -
It's a miracle at play!
Edie Batstone