Dear Heidi, I write to you!

Every time my memory rolls back

Back to the days I wore cute frocks and ran

Ran after butterflies or chasing the moon

The candies, the muffins, the teddy bears

Never were they the most integral part

Of my rosy childhood days

Not even the beautifully weaved bed time stories

Did they lure me to joy and glory

But it was the five year old little orphan

Yes, the one named Heidi

I’d throw aside the books, the dolls, the crayons

I’d push through the curtains, hop on the couch

Declare strikes to own the TV remote

So I watch Heidi

The more my heart would ponder

Every time I saw her; I’d stretch out

Stretch out my arms so she’d come to hug me

I’d stand up and salute

And never failed to repeat each time;

“Good morning General!”

Just the way her Grandpa said.

My biggest of all fascinations although were,

Grandpa’s long beard and his bushy grey brows

Oh! How I adored Peter;

Adored how he jumped in the puddle

Or the way he kicked the grass so green

Even when he swam through the water so blue

I blew a kiss, when he’d whistle and yell ‘Heidi’,

As much as I celebrated Clara’s friendship

I’d clap in their little accomplishments

And then, I’d say-

“In your face Miss Rottenmeier!”

How I hated her matron

Summer was back so was Heidi

I cared not nothing of the rest

My eyes grew big and brows in the air

When little Heidi alighted the stairs

In bright red scarf and a pretty frock

She’d slide down on a snow sledge

Darn, she was my rock star; she was my diva

My little miss sunshine; oh! She was my hero!

She defined hope, faith and love

She taught us life, peace and more

The birds, the bees, the mountain highs

The daisies, the berries, so the butterflies

You still smile in my memories

When I look through the childhood diaries

Dear Heidi I write to you

For I miss you, I love you so’

Dedicated to each one of you who love and miss Heidi! =)