Father Losing Poems

As the sun slowly fades it’s dimming light 
Pain takes hold and consumes the night.
A mind haunted by what’s to come,
Losing my strength, I start...

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It'll soon be Christmas Day, and on its Eve I close my eyes
Am I ever to feel this hurting pain and stare at its given...

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You wonder why me

Being with you makes it an adventure
floating in the ocean
one day wild big waves storm, not knowing what will happen
the next day...

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My world's gone wobbly
   Hands clammy, knees weak
Stomach churning, eyes watery
   Thoughts swirling, face tear-streaked

Is he really leaving ? Am I...

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Nothing seems to erase the pain
Of losing someone you love
Memories return now and again
Come; bring your hurts to God above

Losing someone hurts; now that's true...

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2009’s overwhelming losses
father, career, car and home
floating one last time in my pool
I prepared to return to the coast

memories resurrected
tiny beach house
loving parents
and a neighbor...

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We gather tearfully to watch and wait
each of us pondering his unavoidable fate.
He is dying right before our eyes 
and in our own way each...

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You might be fallin for me, but you don't even know me. 
The me I'm a bout to show you is the Christ who lives...

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Since childhood I’ve dreamed of having a happy family,
I’ve dreamed of seeing my other siblings in harmony;
Like seasons of the year where changes can be...

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It is so dark, just like night.
Father, where is the light.
Where is the light?

My candle is getting shorter.
I'm having problems shouldering these boulders.
Where is the...

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The London night is peppered with a thousand tiny stars
        But never with the silver milky way
We've sprinkled...

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I didn’t lose her like you lose a purse.
Or keys in a different room.
She didn’t leave one day and decide
Not to come back.
They didn’t find...

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My life was changed so harshly.
It feels like yesterday,
when God said you have had enough
and that you couldn't stay.

I miss you more than ever...
Your guidance...

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