Memory Lane

I watched a man walk down a lane, I saw his face I knew his name. He saw me too he waved and smiled, I stopped and thought, just for a while. I thought of times spent as a child, Through winters bleak and summers mild. Playing out with all my friends, Not wanting childhood to ever end. But end it did I became a man, I got a job and made a plan. And as plans go it was the best, I found true love and made a nest. And in this nest my love and i Watched our babies grow and fly And fly they did to start their life, My daughter her husband, my son and his wife. A voice then whispered “Good bye son” I turned around the man was gone. I closed my eyes to ease my pain Had i just seen my dad again? Some may say it’s not so strange To see my dad walk down a lane. But they don’t know he passed away Some years ago on Christmas day