Loved Nonetheless

Longing for a daughter

Loved Nonetheless 

Life denied me children

Yet I love a daughter.

Daily do I seek her,

Do I see her,

Her hair a thick river fall 

Like May melt from the mountains,

Like ripe olives gathered

In a skirt are

The sweet color of her eyes.

So easy does she give her laugh

A sound like raven’s chuckle.

Tall and lithe she stands,

Newly now full woman.

So often she hugs,

Never fails to say

I love you.

Life denied me children

Yet I love a daughter.

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

Brilliant work, my friend. Powerful.

[Michael Sun Bear]

Thank you Thomas, coming from you that’s high praise.

[MCS]

This is profoundly sad yet beautiful and full of emotion that can only be love. I’m sorry you were denied this experience.

[Michael Sun Bear]

Thanks for reading. My first wife could not bear children due to a drug her mother had been given in pregnancy. I married my second wife past child bearing age.