The Day You Left Us

April Carter "Taylor" 1978 (Logansport, Indiana)



The day you left us, I asked God why.
The sad part is, I didn't have the chance to say Goodbye.
You were Mommy and Daddy's little girl.
You will be greatly missed in this world.
I do not know why God took you away.
There is so much that I had to say.
I could only imagine what kind of place you are in.
I will miss the way you smiled and would grin.
I remember your hair and the sparkle in your eyes.
The sparkle is like the gleaming of the stars in the skies.
As I look back on the times we had,
I know you wouldn't want us to be sad.
There is so much that Daddy and I had to share with you.
We are having a hard time believing that this is true.
I just want to hold you one more time.
My precious little girl of mine.
May God keep you in his arms
Until we meet again.

About this poem

Dedicated to my darling beautiful daughter Libreata

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Written on June 08, 1997

Submitted by aprilcarter237 on February 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDDEEFFGGHHIJKL
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 769
Words 181
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

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