Where Had My Father Gone

Where Had My Father Gone? It's only a matter of time until someone you love is whisked away, Taken from home, sent someplace bad. It's then you know, you'll never see them another day For me it began on a normal day. Someone knocked to deliver terrible news my father agreed to be sent away, I never knew how much I would lose He said goodbye and left me home, I never knew I would never see him again Every night I prayed for him, ending each wish with amen In my young age I did not understand, where had my father gone? Months passed and I never saw him, he never wrote all I had as a memory was his old, worn winter coat I wore it through the blistering summer Each day that went by made me feel glummer Mother cried often and never seemed glad All I could think was “Where is my dad?” Still, I did not understand, where had my father gone? It was a dark, grey day when the dreaded message arrived, Mother read it and tried not to cry, I never knew how much I’d been deprived The weather resembled my mother's somber face She spoke to me in a steady pace Mother choked as she explained the situation She told me how father fought and saved our nation We were now free and father was somewhere better I realized father wouldn't come home, where had my father gone? So heed my warning when I say nothing lasts forever, use your time and cherish it, before forever fades to never.