This Heart

This heart

This heart was built to love you
The heart you filled with air
The second you held my tiny hand
And placed it in your care

This heart sought your guidance
When life was a lonely road
Building a path for all of us
With dreams both new and old

This heart never left the tower
You built in solace to keep me safe
Filling it with my photographs
Putting all your memories in place

This heart stretched to know you
Hold you in your darkest hour
But now it is just all too late
Death lay beyond any power

This heart it saw your many sides
The truth you kept tight in your chest
As the dirt slipped through my fingers
I put your secrets to rest

This heart you leave it bruised
With memories that I can't erase
I tell you that I am suffering
Hoping you will put me in my place

(For Dad- because I wish I had known how troubled you were before it was too late)