Daddy

 

You're still making people laugh

Even though you have gone

Your spirit is still with us

Though your shell is undone

 

It's been nine months

And I'm pulled two ways

So much has changed

Yet it can seem only days

 

Even now I see you

Playing computer games

And it strikes quite surreal

Your face forever framed

 

For so many reasons

I wish your were here

And as I write I realise

It's been over a year

 

When I least expect them

Tears start to flow

The hurt chokes me through

Though I try to let go

 

Two years now elapsed

And I am quietly stunned

At how the pain, inert

Still seethes my body numb

 

So memories I search

To my father's heart

Your talents, your passions

If kindness were an art...

 

Your virtues shaped my soul

As have others in this game

But so easy to forget

They only know your name

 

Through unjust fates

And miracles bestowed

I try to live as learned

So to others be endowed

 

And life keeps cycling

'Tis seven years nigh

When a slumber visit reconciles

Release and goodbye

 

Now homage to your life

Ten timeless years on

To celebrate your triumphs

A special deed to be done

 

This walk honours you

Dearest daddy of mine

And I pray your beacon

Spares others to shine

 

 

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