Please, Dad

As soft winds sweep away the days
I look back on life through a haze.
Remember playgrounds, parks and friends,
In childlike gaze that never ends.
The laughter in a game of catch,
Shall memory ever attach...
To innocence in youthful eyes,
Catching the ball to Dad's surprise.

I recall my first bike, first wreck,
Who picked me up, said, "What the heck?"
Convinced me to give one more try,
While, knees skinned, I forgot to cry.
Just the joy knowing he was there,
Making him proud my only care.
There was nothing I couldn't do,
My heart held fast that to be true.

Though teenage years were kind of rough,
I sure wasn't too big or tough.
You taught me to defend what's right
And never back down from a fight.
So I learned the hard way to stand,
Still, with each lump, I found your hand.
Drawing from you an inner strength,
And stubborn pride of equal length.

But there the line of fate was drawn,
As though I blinked and you were gone.
I found myself facing the sun,
Not man, not boy, fatherless, one.
Eyes blinded by a void inside,
I could not live that you had died.
Alas finding it to be true,
I could do nothing without you.

Please, Dad, today just hear my call,
I'm sorry that I dropped the ball.
My life is wrecked, my knees are skinned,
My emotions undisciplined.
I can't get up although I try,
Please don't be upset if I cry.
Though I can't fight what I can't see,
Please, Dad, say you're still proud of me.

 

Wow, I think this is amazing.
Written in a very nice way and the content is gorgeous.

Really nice <3

 

Thank you very much. I wrote this awhile back when I had lost him. It eats away at you when your childhood best friend is gone.

 

This reminds me when I was younger, my father wasn´t sick and I was happy at that moment, then my father got sick, luckily he is still alive, I sorry for you, but great job ^^.

 

I had no idea that you lost your dad, I'm sorry for your loss.
And I think this poem is a great thing to honour him.

 

wow. that was beautiful =] I'm sorry for your loss too.

great work.

 

Wow, great poem...the length, the word choices...it's awesome.

I'm so sorry you had to lose someone close to you...it must hurt, to think about it...but as long as you have the memories, that something that still brings a smile to your face...and one of these days, I believe you will see him again...:)

 

Wow that's an amazing poem, really good in depth. I'm sorry for your loss, sweetie *hugs*