u/TwisterOfTales

Here again another birthday has gone by

I wipe my tears as I think of the years

Living without my princess by my side

My plans were many and my hopes were great

Now about my neck I feel a huge weight

Though time has made the emptiness easier to bear

Every morning my heart breaks as I say a short prayer

It is difficult to live my life without your smile

But I know to see you again will be awhile

I’ll light a candle for you and make the most of this day

And desire that someday as this life fades away

That we will reunite and I will once again feel

You in my arms as this sadness repeals

But alas today is a day I fight to get through

I hope you can hear me say Happy Birthday and Daddy loves you

Here again another birthday has gone by

I wipe my tears as I think of the years

Living without my princess by my side

My plans were many and my hopes were great

Now about my neck I feel a huge weight

Though time has made the emptiness easier to bear

Every morning my heart breaks as I say a short prayer

It is difficult to live my life without your smile

But I know to see you again will be awhile

I’ll light a candle for you and make the most of this day

And desire that someday as this life fades away

That we will reunite and I will once again feel

You in my arms as this sadness repeals

But alas today is a day I fight to get through

I hope you can hear me say Happy Birthday and Daddy loves yo

Grief is love that has lost its direction. Love is not merely a feeling but a force—an outward flow of care, attention, and action intended for another. We are wired to express it: to nurture, to connect, to give. When the beloved is gone, that current has nowhere to go. It surges inward, stanates, pools, and becomes grief: a flood of unspent love, aching for its former outlet. The ache is the soul's way of saying, "I still have so much more to give."