Direct and concise
Without mention
                  From father to daughter
To she who pounded his chest
To she who whispered don’t go
To she who wept across the county

Business like
                      Wills
Black and white
                      Bound in ribbons
                      That attach to your heart

With strings that bind in knots
With words that form at an hourly rate
With clauses that omit
                                                 I loved you x