Whisper In My Dream

As I slept and dreamt the dreams I dreamt a thousand times
I heard a voice, the slightest voice, A voice almost sublime

As if to share a secret told, if kept, would keep for years
A whisper crept up from behind and tip toe\'d in both ears

I closed my eyes, held my breath, exhaled \"Ok, who\'s there\"
Sometimes to see U must be blind to face the things U fear

An eerie silence stole a moment freezing dread in time
And then like bells in gusts of wind a voice began to chime

Still in whispers secret keep, concealing who and where
It seemed as if I\'d never learn the words the whispers bear

\"Instead of listening with ur ears, try listening with ur heart\"
Was wise advice the spirit whisper wanted to impart

It struck me like a bolt of light thrown from an angry sky
Just who it was that stealthly whispered in my ear and why

And suddenly the slightest voices hush became so clear
A voice I knew and loved and thought impossible to hear

Before my chance to call the name I thought the voice to be
A name I called since I could speak, a name taken from me

A man sailed in my scope of view and set my heart afloat
I whispered \"Daddy!?\" then alas my heart caught in my throat

My sight was drowned in lucid pools of memories time eclipsed
Till recollection\'s tear crept down my cheek to kiss my lips

My heart was pounding in my chest like warring tribal drums
He said \"Hello my son, I missed U\" then my legs went numb

I limply fell down to my knees still staring with blurred sight
My vision cleared as he drew near, all wrapped in heavens light

He knelt down on his knees with me, till we were eye to eye
And in a silent smiling match recalled the times gone by

The sad and troubled, haunted eyes that he had once possessed
Had vanished, now those eyes reflect his joy that he\'d been blessed

I caught him up on things thats happened since his leave of life
But only good or happy times, cuz sad cuts like a knife

He said he\'s watched me proudly working hard like he had done
And shocked how quick I learned, I said \"I am my fathers son\"

His laughter filled my heart until it panged the sweetest ache
But knowing this was just a dream, had panged my heart to break

The fact is he\'s been by my side through all my ups and downs
Steady whispering encouragments, consoling every frown

We reminsced about the past until the present spoke
It told him what I could\'nt tell but hid with fog and smoke

I needed his acceptance of what shame said not to bare
And what he said, was said for me and only me to hear

Relief of my confession wrought the birth of my content
My dad\'s support meant more right now than it had ever meant

I hugged him tight to thank him, but the worst was letting go
For I knew the fowl, of mornings light, was setting up to crow

Then like a deserts cruelest hoax my dream began to fade
I watched my dad\'s existence make a no existence trade

I said \" Dont go, I love U, wish U\'d stay right here with me\"
But he had gone to where the whisper\'s hide from all to see

Then the slightest whisper\'s hush flew in on wings of air
\"Remember that I love U too and will always be right here\"

Thats when I woke up with that smile and notion in my head
My father lives inside of me and I in him instead

The dream I dreamt a single time, is a dream I wont forget
Who knew a whisper in my dream would be my best dream yet