KISSING THE FACE OF A PRINCESS 
 
It was a cold February Tuesday morning 
As the sun began to rise 
A new reality was dawning 
That today once again 
I would get to kiss the face of a princess 
 
Fourteen long years of wishing 
Hoping praying longing and missing 
So as reality began to sink in 
My journey was at last to begin 
To once again kiss the face of a princess 
 
And in Station Street I finally held your gaze 
Your fragility and beauty were to totally amaze 
This reality was here 
Your face so near 
That once again I could kiss the face of a princess 
 
With every ounce of love in my heart 
And for all those stolen years apart 
Reality no longer matters 
For the first and I hope not the last time 
I finally kissed the face of my princess 
 
Robert William Bowker 2005 
 
NOTE: 
 
The “PRINCESS” in question was one Miss Kelly June Rose Bowker.  This will forever be one of the happiest days of my life.  To suffer the loss of a child one loved so much & to have to wait fourteen years to be reunited carried with it unspeakable pain. But on Tuesday February 15th 2005 on Station Street in Burton upon Trent at 10:52am finally I was privileged to see my beautiful daughter Kelly once more. Just to look at her beautiful fragile face to hold her back in my arms once again and to kiss the face of my princess was all my dreams come true.