Disappointment At Niagara Falls

from Apparition In The Woods (2009) by Stephen Hero

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Who is this little girl in her communion dress
About to marry God?
And that same little girl in her wedding dress
About to marry abroad?
I have pictures of her as a child
I have pictures of her as a woman
I have these pictures

Became a bride, became a Mother
There’s hope there in that broad smile
The smile of a bride, the pride of a Mother
Deep in her naïve eyes

Then the pictures change, the smile it fades
I can see it through the years
What was her tragedy, what the pain?
That day at the frozen lake?
Christmas trees and skiing boots,no more snaps of him
Inside the shame of her solitude, I can see the shame

Bring her out, if I could bring her out, into a blinding sun
Show her joy, show her light
The wondrous things that can be done

I held her hand as she slept
Quiet under morphine
I held her hand as she left us
Quiet on the ward

See the little girl in her communion dress
About to marry God
And that same little girl in her wedding dress
About to marry abroad
I’m left with photos of a little girl
Who never understood her fate
The promise in these photographs
Dust in the orchard now

Disappointment at Niagara Falls
Dreams quickly shred
I stayed a night to comfort her
Then I too left

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from Apparition In The Woods (2009), released August 12, 2012

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PATRICK FITZGERALD Manchester, UK

Patrick Fitzgerald was the singer and bass player in Kitchens of Distinction. After Kitchens he was: Fruit, one half of three fabulous duos - Lost Girls | The April Seven | Oskar's Drum - and Stephen Hero. He has been releasing records under all these guises and more since 1987. ... more

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