A cord of two

This poem was also written for my Creative writing class. This is the portfolio version. The original was incomplete.

A Cord of Two

Runaway, the girl is loathe to stop.
She runs until she has to drop.
She finds she has no place to hide.
Down she drops nearby the tide,

On sand so rough she makes her bed
Sad and lonely rests her head
And there he finds the girl alone.
The pain he sees reflects his own.

His wife her mother dead and gone,
He and she had both withdrawn.
The girl he needs now by his side
His child, his heart, his joy his pride.

Home he carries in his strong embrace
His precious child with an angel’s face
The child wakes, opens her eyes
Sees her father, begins to cry

“I didn’t think you’d come for me,”
with tear bright eyes she wept, and he
heartbroken by his child’s tears
said quickly to assuage her fears

“I love you more than heaven and earth.
“I’ve loved since before your birth
“You are the beating of my heart
If you’ll give me a second start

All the rest of my days, I’ll show
wherever you need me I will go.
My child, it is time you knew
What matters most to me, is you.