Allegra, sweet child, pretty girl
Let’s see that smile (and she smiles).
Oh, she dances and sings
And brings life back into her mother’s eyes.
Innocence from adultery
Life from lust
A jewel from misery
Returns to dust.
Eternally an innocent mind,
Never tainted, never told
The kind of man her father was.
The kind of ground from which she grew,
The fate from which her spirit flew.
Forever innocent, Allegra.
October 23, 2019