Death Father Daughter Poems

The arrival of his departure 
(A numb and cruel upheaval starter)
was an emotional core rupture;
a visual goodbye to my father.

I saw his final, last inhale
that...

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dreaming daughter ascends starlit harbor....
to her father's biding love

he is as she remembered....jovial in the 
way he was on earth

they embrace in the twilight....stars fill
their...

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Butting heads, locking horns
the difficult child of three
if anyone was causing grief
It was always going to be me,
a stubborn chip 
from a stubborn old block...

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[Verse 1]
Well, hello there, Romeo — didn’t hear you knock
Waltzin' in like love ain’t got a lock
You've got big dreams and a borrowed car
And a...

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Take me down the cobbled path
Where moss and grasses grow
Sink my heels in dampened sand
Where oceans ebb and flow

Let the breeze sweep through my lips...

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The father you do not know,
loved you since the day you were born.
Held you carefully in his arms
and promised to always keep you warm.

The father...

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My heart aches my mind is blown
The Voice I have is still unknown
Thoughts from years ago I used to have 
We're nightmares that are all...

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ANGEL OF DEATH 

He went to check 
up on the cat 
tripped over a 
crooked vine table
tried to get up
smashed its circular
glass in half 
moon...

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ever his little girl ...
she knew her daddy, suitably
the demons, the defeats, the drudgery and dreams
(dreams, deep and delirious,
as substances imposed)
no year of hers was
sans...

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Happily cheering and laughing ,swinging,
as the dad is carefully pushing it.
He is on cloud nine ,looking at her joyous face.
The bright skies have fallen ...

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I needed a father,
strong and wise,
to guide me through life's highs and lows.

But in your absence I was the strong one,
I learned to fight,
learned right...

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Still wrestling with impasse to contentment

Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow 
slinking along outer limits of 
the edge of night...

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My first enemy was one I should have loved
He claimed that he loved me but I suppose not enough
He carved the gaps in all my...

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Walking downstairs;  I see particles of light,
Shimmering in my dark brown long hair.
The light of stars is so bright that it
Envelopes all the darkness...

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Beneath the setting sun, I search gently
In shadows cast by dreams of yesterday
where whispers of the wind sound heavenly
I dance beneath the stars that softly...

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