It was your favourite flower

Until your dying hour

Light pink with crimson spots

Like your freckles, sweetest dots

And petals as soft as your skin.

I always remember your grin

When you held them in your hands

Gifts from your family and friends.

The joy in your sky-blue eyes

A heart that knew no lies,

Like the innocent child you were

Believing evil could never occur.

You never lost your glee

It was puzzling to me.

Nothing could break your spirit

Your grace or your wit.

In the end, you always knew,

So even when it hurt you

You would grab my hand

Bravely take your stand,

And ask me to tell you a story

Of kings, queens, and their glory

Of pixies and knights

Epic battles and fights

Butterflies and nightingales

Like those in fairytales

Where flowers forever grew

And the sky was always blue.

So we'd travel, you and me

To the lands where you'd be free

Through bright, golden skies

Warm nights of fireflies.

And for a precious moment

Life was for once clement.

Only love existed.

No pain persisted.

Disease desisted.

No sorrow resisted.

Daughter of my heart

I've loved you from the start

Until our last embrace,

But forever I will place

Your orchid on your grave

And I promise to be brave.

Every single day...

Your orchid I will lay...

For as long as I live...

Oh, so much more I could give!

This is your daddy's promise,

Trying to find solace.

Even though my heart breaks.

I love you so much it aches.