A child sits in a room with eyes so wide,

filled with flowers, people, she wonders why.

Why there is so many people here, why is there a person sleeping there?

This does not happen, when my Mommy says Good-Night to me!

People don't stand around in my room watching me sleep.

I don't even get to wear my go out cloths to bed, Mommy puts Pj"s on me, and she gives me snuggles the bear, and I don't get to wear shoes to bed!

Why do they whisper? don't they know that Mommy says thats very rude, that's not nice to do.

Maybe they are just being very quite, that's it they are planning a birthday party!

But I don't see no presents here, or balloons, or cake, Mommy would know what to do if she was here.

She always gave me birthday partys, and she would always give me hugs and kisses first, then yell surprize!

Maybe that's why everbody looks so sad, because they want the person to wake up who's sleeping there.

They can't wait to yell surprize, we are giving you a birthday party!

Why do they look at me and start to cry? I was very good today, I did nothing wrong, I'm sitting very still like I was told.

Why is Daddy crying? Like the people who were looking at me,

Why is everybody saying Good-Bye?

To the person who is sleeping here.

Maybe because when they wake up, they are going away like Mommy did.

Daddy said Mommy she got a new job,

and sometimes the job can be very hard,

so he said that they gave her wings,now she can fly like the angles in the stories she read to me.

Daddy said she in charge of the clouds in the sky, Mommy's job is to help keep them fluffy and white.

Daddy said Mommy loves us very much, but she did not want to wake me up.

She had to leave in a hurry, so she could not say Good-Bye,

but Daddy said If I look up in the sky,

I can watch as the clouds go by, and know it's Mommy that keeps them fluffy and white.

Death of a loved one is never easy,

many questions and never said words,

help us feel guilty.

but through a childs eyes,

it might be easier to say Good-Bye

And always remember to check out the sky.