Mollie Was an Angel

Mollie Was an Angel

Mollie was an angel
Too good for this world
She belongs in heaven
Up there with the Lord
And I am happy for her
That she was there at last
But I did not feel happy
The night that Mollie passed

It happened late last winter
My Nursing skills we new
And I was right beside her
The night that cold wind blew
Providing help and comfort
Medicine and prayer
I wonder if she even
Knew that I was there

There was the loving daughter
The child that bore her name
The generous church ladies
The son that never came
And it was her granddaughter
There with her at her death
And my hands were on her
When she took her last breath

Her breaths grew strangely shallow
Her face grew ever pale
Her pulse became a flutter
Her breath a gasping rale
Again I checked for breathing,
But respirations ceased
And then, finding no more pulse,
I pronounced her deceased.

My new-nurse heart was breaking.
My state of mind, distressed
I’d never been so near a death
So saddened, or so stressed
And comforting her family
I went toward the door
I needed desperately to cry
And could contain no more.


I tended to the family
I made the needed calls
I did the usual paperwork
Required by our state laws
I had responsibility
To shirk it would be wrong
I’d never dreamed before that night
That I could be so strong

And yes, I grieved about that night,
But more than that, I grew
And started to become aware
Of things I'd never knew
The things that Mollie taught me
No Nursing school could teach
And her passing touched my heart
Where nothing else could reach

Yes, Mollie was an angel
Too good for this world
She belongs in heaven
Up there with the Lord
And I am happy for her
That she was there at last
And I never will forget
The night that Mollie passed