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.
Copyright © Hannah Everett | Year Posted 2017
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