Father Missing Poems

Fragile Life

Tonight I learned,
quite by accident
that my dear friend
lays dying of the virus.

I called him this weekend,
in all this craziness
to check on him....call it a...

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He was the embodiment of love
And he was mine
Never knowing that one day
Heaven would beckon him

It's been two years and grief
Still clothes my body every...

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My lovely girl has been taken away!
Does anybody care?God! Even care?
And today is my darling's 14th birthday,
please someone! bring back Claire! bring back my Claire!

She...

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Mommy?
Yes honey
Where's daddy?
Daddy will come to see you soon baby
When?
Soon baby
How soon?
It's a suprise!
Oh tell him to suprise me quickly then!
I'll let him know honey
I...

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Few are the comforts to speak, oh......my
A hug strives to articulate my ...............condolences
This is the man you lived ............................for 
He was so strong,..............................................your
Everything.............................................................
Respects are due,...

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The bench where we sat and talked is still there,
and when I am missing you I go sit to weep;
"take care of my dad, God,"...

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~  For Dad - some heroes don't wear a cape - I miss you dearly.  ~


There stood upon a trodden sod
  ...

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Poem by Koffi Mtonga

SEEING through the window, are clouds which move slow or maybe the dozing fellow has decided to recall of the vibrant days...

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I was not ready to lose you.
But you were taken from me, anyway.

Suddenly.

On a sunny day that started so normally.
Without any sign of the emotional...

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The smell of pipe smoke and engine oil
were occasional markers
of an occasional man.

A constant in it’s slightest form he runs
from those in last, and those...

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Come Home Please

We were as “one” last night. 
It was a sweet embrace, 
that now…
must last many months.
My heart aches already, 
with the coming of...

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Alive, yet shaken to the
core of her lovely bones
youngest offspring unexpectedly
lost control of vehicle and groans

papa unable to comfort her,
she inconsolable sobbing tears
muffling thru telephones
safe...

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The Agenda

You, make me
laugh, 
or… 
we use too,
all the time, 
together. 

Our great love of adventure, 
and the shared spirit of freedom
overwhelming to be part...

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The days the days the days. I still hear your voice call my name.

A different time it was back then.
And a time gone forever -...

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Amber Alert
16 year old, male, missing, last seen 10/6/15
Mother says he was very kind
Mother is crying unconscionably because his kidnapper was his father
Amber Alert
10 Year...

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This would have been my dream
to have you see my life & what I mean

To still be as strong as the woman you made me
through...

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Dear Mom and Dad, it's me, your son;
Out of my brothers, I'm the handsome one.
You've been gone for quite a while;
I'm glad you raised me...

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Luctor et Emergo

I try to suppress the desire
My sinful nature provoking me
I’m a fake with much impurity
God’s words are calling me higher

Searching for a home...

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Maybe I'm a few years too late
Hopefully, I'm not
You were the person I wanted to be
But what I became, I hate
The air within my lungs
Tearing...

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I miss you…
like prayer without the faith
a ghost without the wraith
like Twitter without a tweet
a heart without a beat

I miss you…
like music without the sound
a...

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