You Are My Father
Thinking of you..
Thinking of how you
Drove me to the top of
A hill just to show me a
Sunrise. I'll never forget it.
You told me of its beauty,
Which I was too young to
Understand, but I wish I was
There now. Remembering
How you had tried so hard
To make me happy as a child.
You didn't have to. I was ecstatic
By you just being there for us.
Recalling all those times you
Would say," What did the cat
Say when its tail got cut off,"
And I would answer," It won't
Be long now," but then, it
Referred to seeing you, and now,
I'm afraid, it does not.
I never thought I would see
The day where I knew I
Had to watch you fade.
I always pictured you would
Stick around so that when you
Passed on, I would be alright
Because I would be happily married
And have your grandchildren that looked like you.
I won't see that day.
And I'm sorry to say you won't either.
I wonder how you're garden is doing.
You have such a green thumb and
I would've enjoyed seeing your vegetables
Grow and become bigger, like the love
You grow in my heart.
There are things I never knew about you,
And there are things I wish
You had known about me
These last few years.
Just thinking about how you
Are so young. I've only known
You but fifteen years, but it's gone
By as if it was fifteen seconds.
There are thing we'll never get to say.
There are things we'll never get to know.
I'll never understand why
Hope doesn't influence what really happens.
I may never again smell the delight
Of your home-made stew, but i do
Know that when I write, I'll think,
"I got that from my father."
I'll always know
There's nothing you can do to be
A better father or a bigger inspiration
To me.
You are what I can
Be proud of and what
I can aspire to be.
I lived a dream by
Just being your daughter
And I simply cannot give
You a bigger compliment than
You Are My Father
And I love you.
That will never change.
Copyright © Josey Portas | Year Posted 2007
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