The Land of Grimney - The Illustrated Adventures of Cora Pearl, aged 12

Years have fallen like the autumn leaves

In the earth my memories rot

Now Your face is just a photograph,

The real flesh  I have forgot.

The once burning pain of loss

Fades into a purple  bruise,

Still the echo of your laugh

Is something I will not lose.

Yet loves burns just as brightly

Like it did those years gone by,

And despite your death, my daddy

It will never be goodbye.

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