For You-Dad

We never got a chance,
to go to that place in France,
you said we'd stand on them 
fields and all, the one from
the picture on mums kitchen
wall.

Said we'd jump out of a plane,
to the ground, from the beautiful 
sky, ski-diving, that sounded great,
even though I'm afraid of
heights.

We never got a chance,
to go skiing like we agreed,
to on the way to the shop,
or complete the golden mile,
that would have been fun to 
watch.

You see there were so much,
that we were meant to do,
but i will do them for the two
of us, I'll do them all for 
you.

And although you won't be there,
i know you'll keep me safe,
so okay I am scared of heights,
but I'll try my best not to be so
afraid. 

And i know that i can't handle
much beer, but i won't stop
till i reach the last pub, so 
after i can say to you, that
we have done all of this 
stuff.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Merrill Avatar
April 23, 2014 at 1:34 AM
Hi Lucy. I don't think we've met, but I sure love this ode to your father--very sweet. I'm a dad of three, so it's touching. Hugs, Mel :)
Needham Avatar
April 29, 2014 at 9:41 AM
Thank you Mel, that means alot :)
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