A Fair and Blameless Girl

She was a fair and blameless girl:
   An angel to adore
Who trumped in worth the rarest pearl
   Like no one else before. 

Her parents lived, both old and frail,
   Though steadfast to the core, 
And her heart ached to see them ail
   Like no one else before. 

The mother drew her last, sad breath, 
   Her soul ordained to soar;
The daughter lived and mourned her death
   Like no one else before. 

Distraught and weak, the father died
   Still haunted by the War, 
And the poor daughter wept and sighed
   Like no one else before. 

Her cherished dreams were swept away
   And shattered on the floor;
Since then, she dreads the coming day
   Like no one else before. 

Her story is but only one
   Among an ocean more, 
And yet she saw her world undone
   Like no one else before. 

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Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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