Sonnet #1

The way his smile can light up the night

The way his rough beard feels against my skin

The way his eyes can twinkle in the light

The way that his style is always in

The divorce that changed my life forever

Between my parents I could never see

He was so strong and never said never

As strong as a mountain and as a tree

I wish he had never left me alone

He left me to live with somebody else

I really miss the smell of his cologne

Everyday I sit and think to myself

Being a daughter without her father

Is just like a river without water