Though Life Has Saddened Your Blue Eyes

Music: Prelude in E Minor. By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Though life has saddened your blue eyes And pain has nestled near your heart, You've given me your happiness As my poor life has come apart. I never thought that I could watch My child suffer helplessly, But you have two that you must watch: My daughter Tiffani and me. It's bad enough that this divorce Has ripped out all my happy years. But what has my poor daughter done To inundate her life with tears? I try to have the strength and faith To hope, to love, and to forgive. And then I watch my daughter weep And wonder why we all must live. I cannot think what I would do If I could not this torment share. I did not ask, but still you came. I needed you, and you were there. Sometimes I fear I should have tried To keep you from this dreadful night. Yet I would die without your love; Its beauty is my only light.