Dad

I WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS OLD , WHEN THEY ADOPTED ME
MY MOM , COULDN`T HAVE ANY KIDS , AND WANTED A BRANCH ON THE FAMILY TREE
MY DAD WORKED FOR THE CITY , WHILE MOM , SHE JUST STAYED HOME
KEEPING ME SAFE FROM HARM , MAKING SURE I`D NEVER ROAM

THE YEARS WENT BY OH SO FAST , I KIND OF JUST LOST TRACK
BUT NOW I REALLY MISS THEM , I CONSTANTLY LOOK BACK
ALL THE FUN WE HAD TRAVELING , OR JUST BEING JUST BY HIS SIDE
NOT TO KNOW IT AGAIN , REALLY BOTHERS MY PRIDE

YOU SEE HE GAVE ME MOSTLY EVERYTHING , A LITTLE BOY WOULD WANT
I TOOK IT ALL FOR GRANTED , I WAS VERY NON CHALANT
I ONLY KNEW TILL LATER , THAT MONEY CANNOT BUY LOVE
THAT WAS WHEN HE PASSED AWAY , I NEVER APPRECIATED THE THINGS I GOT

AS A FAMILY WE HAD MOST EVERYTHING , A CAMP , HORSES AS SUCH
HAD THIS ALL IN THE PALM OF MY HAND , NOW , I MISS HIM SO MUCH
I MOVED OUT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL , I WANTED TO MAKE A GO
BUT ALL THE WHILE I WAS HURTING , THIS MAN I DIDN`T KNOW

I WOUND UP COUNTLESS TIMES IN TROUBLE , WITH THE LAW
HE ALWAYS CAME TO MY RESCUE , IT WAS LATER THAT I SAW
SO MANY TIMES HE WENT TO BAT , JUST FOR LITTLE OLD ME
I JUST WISH I HAD OF OPENED MY EYES , FOR HIS LOVE TO SEE

THE YEARS WENT BY , HIS HEALTH FAILED , YET , I NEVER KNEW THIS MAN
AND HOW MUCH HE MEANT TO ME , WHY , I`LL NEVER UNDERSTAND
HE HAD SOME STROKES , ALOT OF THEM , BUT MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH
IT WAS THEN I STARTED TO REALIZE , THAT HIS HEART WAS TRUE

HE HAD DEVELOPED CANCER , IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR US ALL
WE KNEW HIS TIME WAS COMING , AND WE WERE GOING TO TAKE A FALL
FALSE PROMISES FROM THE DOCTORS , GAVE US A SENSE OF HOPE
DAD WAS NOT QUITE THE SAME , ALWAYS DRUGGED BY DOCTORS DOPE

HE HAD WOUND UP IN THE HOSPITAL , IN AND OUT , THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
MOM AND I SAVORED EACH EVERY MOMENT , HIS PASSING WAS COMING NEAR
JUST TO SEE THE PAIN IN HIS EYES , ALL THE PAIN HE WAS GOING THROUGH
WILL ALWAYS STICK IN THE BACK OF MY MIND , MY LOVE FOR HIM GREW

WE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS , TREASURING EACH MOMENT LIKE THE LAST
UNTIL THAT FATEFUL EVE , GOD , TOOK HIM FROM OUR HANDS
HE NEVER SPOKE OR WHISPERED , UNTIL THIS FATEFUL NIGHT
HE WANTED TO TALK TO ME , AND NOT HIS LOVING WIFE

" IS THAT MY SHIRT YOU HAVE ON " , HE SAID WITH A GRIN
"YES" WAS MY REPLY AS I SAT NEXT TO HIM
HIS HANDS WERE COLD AND LIFELESS , BUT HE MANAGED TO BRING A SMILE
DAM , I FELT SO USELESS , HE CARED ABOUT ME ALL THIS WHILE

I COULDN`T GET OUT THE WORDS " I LOVE YOU " , THEY SEEMED STUCK IN MY THROAT
I THINK HE WANTED TO HEAR IT , JUST THIS ONCE THESE LOVING WORDS
WE LEFT HIS SIDE , AS IT WAS LATE , AND JUST AS WE GOT HOME THE PHONE RANG FROM THE HOSPITAL , DEAR OLD DAD WAS GONE

IT HIT US LIKE A TON OF BRICKS , NEVER TO SEE HIM AGAIN
AND TO THINK I THOUGHT NOTHING TILL NOW , OF THIS WONDERFUL MAN
I NEVER TOLD HIM THAT I LOVED HIM , WHILE HE WAS ALIVE
AND YET AFTER ALL THESE YEARS , IT STILL HURTS DEEP DOWN INSIDE

I CAN STILL SEE THAT DAY , AS THEY LAID YOU DOWN TO REST
I HAD ON YOUR FAVORITE SHIRT , WANTED TO LOOK MY BEST
I WHISPERED , THAT I "LOVED YOU " , IT WAS FROM MY HEART
TEARS WERE FLOWING LIKE RAIN , I WISHED WE NEVER PART

DAD , YOUR SADLY MISSED , I LOVE YOU MORE THAN I CAN SAY
AND THAT I MISS YOU DEARLY , EACH AND EVERYDAY
I`VE PROMISED TO LOOK OUT FOR MOM , AS YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME
I`LL LOVE YOU BOTH FOREVER , I WANT THE WORLD TO SEE

DAD , IF I MAKE IT TO YOUR HEAVEN , I WANT TO SEE YOU THERE
I`LL GIVE YOU THE BIGGEST HUG , TO SHOW HOW MUCH I CARE
I HOPE YOU MEET ME AT THE GATES , AND I`LL NEVER TURN AWAY
LIKE I DID IN MY PAST , ALWAYS LEADING YOU ASTRAY

THESE WORDS I WRITE ARE MINE , AND YOU KNOW YOUR SADLY MISSED
I HOPE YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU , AND YOUR SADLY MISSED
I`LL NEVER DO YOU WRONG AGAIN , I`M PROUD TO BE YOUR SON
I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN , I WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT FOR ALL THE WRONG I DONE
I WISH I COULD TURN THE HANDS OF TIME , AND BE WITH YOU AGAIN
DAD I WANTED SO MUCH MORE , THAN JUST TO BE YOUR FRIEND
YOUR IN MY HEART TILL I DIE , THESE TEARS BEGIN TO FLOW
THIS POEM NOW HAS TO END , I LOVE YOU ALWAYS YOU KNOW

NOTE PLEASE :

ALWAYS LOVE YOUR FAMILY , YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MISS THEM TILL THEY ARE GONE , BY THEN IT`S TOO LATE , LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST , AND CHERISH EACH MOMENT LIKE IT IS YOUR LAST !
FOR MY DAD WHO PASSED AWAY MAY 1ST/89 his FATHER WAS BORN ON THE SAME DAY BACK IN 1886 ...