There Was a Time

There was time when I thought you would be there forever, When I thought you would be there for me when I needed you, Yet I was wrong for time separated us and I had to let you walk your path. Yet I wished to follow but I knew it was not my time, So I had to give up and not look back, But look forward carrying your memory with me in my every step. Suddenly, I realize that all that I know now is because of you, That you were a guide placed by God for me, To prepare me for my next step. Yet, How I wish you were there in my graduation, How I wish you would be there next to me on my big day, How I wish you would be there to carry your grandson the same way you carried me when I was born. Looking back at old pictures makes the tears come pouring down, Seeing you looking up at me through the frame on the wall depresses me, It reminds me of the time I wasted when I could have been there holding your hand. Thinking of all this will remind me to hold up your name, To see your judgment before my every step, To understand your wisdom in all that you thought me. Even though time has separated us physically, You are there inside me burning brightly like a candle that’s light will never fade, For I am the living part of you that will stand up to your morals, For there was a time.