Susan Lawrence

Windy
Susan Lawrence

Windy was a little girl that lived in a house by the water
She was a precious child her mother’s only daughter
Her mother called her Windy cuz she was born on a stormy night
She raised her daughter as best she could and taught her wrong from right
But Windy needed something that her mother could not see
And while she had lots of love she was still lonely
For Windy she was heaven’s child and there she soon returned
But in her short life there was a lesson to be learned

Keep a treasure hidden well and you are sure to lose
The one and only precious thing that means the most to you
And a flower cannot live if it’s sheltered from the sun
And a child cannot live if she’s kept from everyone

Windy lived a sheltered life her mother’s pride and shame
And when she died at ten years old she still had no last name
Her mother tried to keep her from the scorn of people in town
She vowed to protect her child and she never let her down
Her mother realised too late a captured flower won’t bloom
And forty long years later she sees visions in her room
She hears a voice upon the wind sees her daughter on the stairs
And as she lays awake at night this is what she hears

Keep a treasure hidden well and you are sure to lose
The one and only precious thing that means the most to you
And a flower cannot live if it’s sheltered from the sun
And a child cannot live if she’s kept from everyone