The Sweetest Little Dovelies

Every Friday night at Camp, we give awards to our campers. For our two-week session, my co-counselors and I made hand-bound books with leaves on the covers, kind of Peter Pan-esque. Inside the books, we wrote this poem that explains all of the feelings we have towards our campers and the time they spend with us at Camp - 

Once upon a time

Far, far away

There lived a little dovely

And she was more beautiful than any, I daresay

Her soul was as pure as a crystal

She loved all people so well

So wholly, so kindly, so happily

That she had a great heart, anyone could tell

Dear Dovely had a house

Where Christmas and Thanksgiving she spent

But every mid-July

It was down South, towards home, she went

Like all the best Dovelies,

She knew how to fly

To spread out those wings

And head straight for the sky

So she flew over here, of course,

Every mid-July

With her bags all packed

And her head held high

“Hello!” she said

With a smile on her face,

“I have come to bring

Happiness and joy to this place”

The people who lived there

Had been waiting all year

For the arrival of this Dovely

And when she came, with glee they did cheer

And with that,

She was welcomed right in

She was greeted with hugs

And reciprocated with a lovely grin

You see, at Camp, this Dovely was happy

All the whole day long

Swimming, playing, dancing,

And singing many Camp songs

But she couldn’t stay forever

At this place where her heart is full

She had to go and spread the joy

To teach others how to love by the bucket-full

She knows that this is her home

It’s the place where, of heart, there is no lack

And we don’t have to be sad

Because we know you’ll always be back

Every moment spent with you was precious

We are so glad you came

We are sad to see you go

But will always remember your name

Spending days in the sunshine

Is what we always liked to do

But we never knew how sweet it could be
Until we did it with you!