Where Are You Daddy

288 bottles of cheap red wine 4 long exhausting road trips 76 blasé matinee movies 14 loud live-music venues Drown the pain Distract from the present Escape reality Forget the memories Shallow breath Empty stomach Heavy heart Aching back Large lump Real tears Sad eyes Remember to breathe Don’t forget you’re still here He died three years ago, not yesterday But, it’s not fair! I can no longer feel his warm lips kiss my soft cheek Or sit next to him at a poker game sensing our closeness Three years ago My dad’s body left this earth His soul entered another dimension And his spirit is now free as a bird But I’m here He’s gone And I miss him