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You can never really grasp that you’re going to lose your parent, in my case, my Dad. He even mentioned it many times. He had had a defibrillator implant.. He had had several heart attacks. Watching him one day ... made me realize that my tall invincible Daddy wasn’t the same; but to imagine life without him, or imagine him actually dying was unconscionable.I thought I would never stop crying... until this message, “Daughter Cry No More.”

 

 

Daughter, Cry No More

You can never really grasp that you’re going to lose your parent, in my case, my Dad.

Even though he mentioned it many times he wouldn't be with us long. He had had a defibrillator implant.. and he had had several heart attacks. But we were just getting to know him, being estranged from him since our childhood, my siblings and I. Watching him one day ... made me realize that my tall invincible Daddy wasn’t the same; but to imagine life without him, or imagine him actually dying was unconscionable. When it happened, I thought I would never stop crying or mourning his loss... until this message from his heart to mine, “Daughter Cry No More.”
 
 Daughter, Cry No More
In Loving Memory of my Father,  James Nathaniel Gelsey 04/22/33-1/21/13

It was the day before Thanksgiving, 
a day with you like no other— 
a day I will treasure forever, 
more than words can utter.

Though tired, you hid it well, 
giving me such a golden day. 
If I had known it was our last together,
There would've been more I had to say.  

We spent such precious time together, 
You played our daughter's piano and sang,
precious hymns I remembered 
when I was little, 
Like church bells my memories rang.

You let me make you my best meal yet, 
With biscuits taught by Mom's own hand,
You seemed well pleased and before you left, 
The final look you gave, I did not understand.

With a stern look you asked me to tell Mom, 
You wished to see her again,
It was the last time we would be together, 
the last father daughter time we'd spend.

My grief was unspeakable, tears nonstopped, 
It didn't feel right or fair,
That the father I longed to know my whole life,
For me, would never again be there.

The day you would be laid to rest,  
I sat up weeping more and more on my bed,
I suddenly saw you waiting to get my attention,
With your feathered hat sitting upon your head.

With your handsome smile, 
and wink of your eye, 
one final gift you gave forevermore—
the gesture you gave, clearly in vision, 
“My darling daughter, cry no more.”

Copyright © Lovie Divine | Year Posted 2018

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