A little packet arrived Tied with a black ribbon An ominous sign it bore The name and address Was almost illegible Yet the young girl Accepted it happily Assuming that it Was a birthday gift From her missing Dad
He had been gone Mysteriously for A very long time And her Mom had Not offered any Kind of explanation She just refused To talk about him Leaving the little Child bewildered
Not waiting for her Mother to return She carefully untied The black ribbon Unwrapped the Brown paper To find a little Black box and in it Was a tiny locket Pinned to an untidy note
But before she could Open it there was A knock on the door The courier man Completely shaken Had returned The box was not Meant to be delivered To her but handed over Only to her Mother
The little girl refused To return the box She gripped it firmly And screamed aloud That it was a present From her dear Dad He had never Forgotten her birthday So it just had To be for her
The Drama continued Until her Mother Returned home And took the parcel Now it was her turn To cry out aloud The locket contained No picture, just a few Drops of what looked Like dried blood
The scribbled note read “By the time this Reaches you I will be dead Ensure that Our little girl Knows nothing And remembers me Always as her dear And loving Daddy”
