Queen Schade of Smiling Hearts
She did smile
And i then gushed
Like only a father can
Giving her hand away
On her wedding day
30 year's of mind
Yet only at the age of 5
Placed inside a foreign language
school without a single word
to speak or understand
Left alone in charge of my
father her grandad palliative care
Held my hand right to the very
end at the vets when my dog
was to be put down
Is it any wonder this kind hearted
child grew up so quickly
And was and to this day the
one that so called grown ups
call upon in times of need
While never stopping once to think
The cost of that the shoulder
placed upon had to bare
Is neither was nor was fair to ask
And thank the lord for i but not
her today
Stood beside her own father
And i seen and sore that very child
With nothing but a beaming
smile upon her face
And in some small way it reaffirmed
my lost belief in life
And that sometimes you actually
get out what you deserve
And the simplest of smiles
Means as much if not more if
you care
To you than it does to them
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2021
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