In the Meter of Her Life

All in the golden glow of in-bloom
A sparkle of her Daddy's eye
From seed to womb, to grow and to groom
A little hand to hold and guide
With a heart woven on life's great loom
I leave no thread of love aside

 

Ah, cruel world set out to devour
A precious girl's innocent smiles
Know the father stands guard not by hours
Until she can tread stormy miles
But never alone in those showers
With her father's wisdom pure of guile

 

Goals and gold along the path of growth
I lead you but I let you choose
Love and heartache both a crafty sleuth
Mindful, heartfelt, hopeful, my 'lil muse
Life's mix a sweet or dry vermouth
To drink up life on this beloved cruise

 

Little mermaids and princesses frozen in time
A sing-along dancing in the stars
Oh, how I feel knowing the memories are mine
A locket in my mind holds times of nears and fars
If you could see my thoughts wrote on signs
My love for her, the sense that never felt a scar
 

Backyard and playground wanderings, falls and success
Strolls to the creek and summer dreams, so much to see
The verse and chorus, a song to bless
Her giggle something that means everything to me
Simple things relieves the mind of stress
Her beauty a cherub to my tree


And what a simpleton mage I was
To think I have not been so greatly taught by her
A laughable offense in manhood’s fuzz
I can't imagine adulthood, a childish blur
Without the boat the lighthouse wouldn't buzz
A guiding light a better gift than gold and myrrh

 

Emma, my child a man you made
And me a father, I was less before
Yes, we all know memories fade
Please, never let me lose a moment more
Emotions, Shangri-la's arcade
A Dad's love, a quaint and enchanting lore

(This is a Father's Day poem I wrote to my daughter. I wrote it with a few meter changes in each stanza not just paired couplets but in the first 3 stanzas its in 8-9 meter representing the age of 17, the last real year you're a child, the next 3 stanzas are written in 9-12 meter representing the age of 21, the first real year in my eyes you are an adult and for the very last stanza I wrote in 8-10 meter which is her birth date (August 2010). Like I said before I didn't use meter couplets all the time some times I changed it up but I still keep it in a pattern through out much like life.)