Is it so wrong to wish,
that you will be here,
When I wake up tomorrow,
playing in your empty crib?

Little darling fair,
with eyes the color of the cosmos,
You stole my heart the very day I held you for the first time,
do you know that?

I whispered into your ears,
in an attempt to rouse you from sleep,
Your tiny arm slipping from mine,
still clad in the crimson of my blood.

Did you hear me weeping,
calling out your name?
I rapped at your chest,
but I could feel no heartbeat.

My beloved princess,
with cheeks ruddy like her father's,
You broke my heart in the instant,
they pulled you out of my arms.

Do you hear me weeping,
as you watch us from the lap of stars?
Sweet child, why didn't you stay,
didn't you know how much I love you?

But you are safe in my heart,
as long as it beats so will you live,
Never to be forgotten or forsaken,
safe in your mother's chest.

Little darling fair,
with eyes the color of the cosmos,
Why don't you come back to your mother,
even though she waits for you every day?

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