Little Girl Lost

I As my fingers trace your silhouette Your lips will feel my kiss The shoulders that have held me up I will never have to miss The strength of you in support The little girl has grown Opened up to live and life Through a love she had never known As your love grows in me The taste of you and the feel Each layer you now remove Just gives our love a new reveal From little girl spoiled and lost To wife and mother too You know you have my heart my love It forever belongs to you. II Working through the small hours Bringing home the bread Two small sons to feed A place to rest your head All those years a grafting Boys then turn to men Believing that was it This was starting again Words jumbled in your head Pages of poems you wrote Making sense of your life Working and living by rote A working life then ended Grandfather, a new role Doting on the new births Even so life took its toll III A little girl was waiting Waiting for many years Not knowing that she was waiting For you to catch her tears Continents apart Worlds so far removed A child innocent and empty And alone, that was proved. Comfort takes its time Your shoulders you gave to me Your love did the healing And that is in the book you see A love so strong so vibrant A love that keeps us apart No continents do divide us Just the hurting of others hearts. © GG 14/07/2013