Kioku

Little one

You outshine the mourning star

The star that shines your way

Into an ever-changing world.

Little one

Let the handprint of your love

Be engraved into my heart

To help me find the way.

Not broken anymore

But free forever indeed

Let your story shine the way

To the path we’re meant to take.

The pain, that cannot be forgotten

Not buried, not hidden, not concealed

It’s fresh like open wounds

Stinging, full of tears

I know that you trusted me, loved me

Even when I couldn’t save you

It’s part of who I am

You.

I promise to live on when they are weak

To fight so I can be strong

To hold your fading hand

And never let your gift be forgotten

When life fails and hope dies

Like a lily unfolding to a blue sky

Like a young bird just learning to fly

Like a creek bubbling a content sigh

Let love be born.