Age of Innocence

He seems dizzy and sometimes very still, yet she sees her father’s hand leave his will and then connect the cheek of her mother Yet still her eyes lead back to her father Every night she sees her mother’s pain tear It runs down and is wiped away in fear Her cries fade with the colour of her dress The bruises on her mother signs of stress Every day a child errands to the fridge The key never to spill even a smidge Her toil seeks to release his broken heart and reveal to him his little sweetheart Nothing can change her one love endeavor Her daddy’s love her target forever - inspired by Nicola's poem-