Six Painful Years

Six painful years have passed and I am still alive

Who would have thought that a day I will survive?

It is because you live in my heart,

Never left me, not for a minute did we part.

Six years dear daughter, since I saw your face,

Touched you, and had our last embrace.

These painful years, the worst in my life

As grief ripped my heart with a knife.

I was able through these years to endure

The most painful ache that has no cure.

I learnt to live with my suffering and pain,

That constantly occupy my heart and brain.

And honor your memory as I did for you,

Keeping you alive and your legacy too.

Randah R. Hamadeh, 2012, Copyright©
Author, Summer Rays: Solace for Bereaved Parents