You gave me your heart, I gave you my soul;
Your love and laughter made me whole.
Nearly nineteen long years, you graced my life,
Til the reaper came with sickle and knife.
Your silence is stunning, your absence extreme;
Every second of every day is crushing and mean.
My daughter, my love, the wind in my sails,
Taken from me abruptly, snuck through heaven's veil.
How am I expected to continue living,
When all around me is pain and misgiving?
In still, ebbing moments, I remember your voice;
Your laugh, your whisper, in this deep, numbing void,
That has become my new sentence to bear;
When all I want is to have you back here.
You were everything precious, a sweet gift from God,
That was ripped from my grasp, buried under the sod.
I love you, I break for you, you're the blood in my veins;
I beg for an answer to make life seem humane.
But I know, oh too well, the truth of this dark place;
I will miss you until we reunite in God's grace.