The Promised Kiss

I saw her from a distance

Her hair was white as snow

A daughter walked behind her

There was love there, I know.

It was rude of me to stare

But I missed my mother dear

This elderly woman touched me

Her voice I wanted to hear.

She walked by ever so slowly

To her daughter I would glance

Your mother is so, so precious

Could I hug her by chance?

She was tiny, delicate, but regal

She wondered what was amiss

But when I hugged her to me

She surprised me with a kiss.

I told her of my mother

I am sure I was a sight

Rambling words so revealing, but

Those mother's eyes held me tight.

She told me not to worry

Someday we'll share the bliss

And when I see you in Heaven

I'll give you another kiss.

There I stood in wonder

Was she an angel from above?

She might see my mother first

And share my words of love.

Oh my heart was warmed tonight

For a mother that I miss

But we will meet again someday

When I claim the promised kiss.