Life Anew

On the day we meet. 
Life was but a mess. 
Although no regret. 
My life to become a bless. 

You turned me around. 
Gave me a place to land. 
On solid ground. 
With a helping hand. 

I opened my hearts door. 
And began to feel the joy. 
With each day awaiting more. 
The conversation a ploy. 

For our time has mended. 
These scars of mine. 
Where life had intended. 
The two of us to twine. 

For the long while. 
You are to stay. 
Now with a smile. 
Looking out along the way. 

Before you I had recessed. 
And began to wither. 
But with an innocent jest. 
Onward and upward I would thither. 

Separated. Decades apart. 
You listened to the words. 
Of my enclosed heart. 
Amongst the herds. 

With your teen years yet to come. 
And a heart so bold. 
You make we weak and numb. 
And shelter me from the cold. 

You are my daughter. 
From my past untold. 
A marine across the water. 
So young and bold. 

My name your mother did not know. 
A night out on the town. 
Over a decade ago. 
Innocent and weak she never backed down. 

I now look at life not with a frown. 
Counting each day. 
Till we visit in a small town. 
Hoping then not to go a Separate way.