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2007-09-03
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Dad

Summary:

My dad was dying... I watched him slowly fade. At first, I had been hopeful. This poem was written over a period of time that I watched him slowly pass on. Each section is a little closer to his passing, and goes further, to what it was like once he died. I finished it the day he died, or maybe the day after, and read it at his wake... Or, I was going to. Everything is now a blur, and I can't honestly remember, but I remember my intentions.

Notes:

So it recently occurred to me that I’ve never really shared my other writing with anyone, but I decided it’s time to share some of my other writing as well. This one is a poem I wrote when I was 17. It’s from a very difficult time in my life, and looking back at it, I realized that I wrote it over a period of time, and no have more appreciation for it. It depicts a time period of a few weeks to a month in which I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, but laid before me was the hardest thing in my life I ever had to watch. This was my only way of coping.

It still hurts me to read through it, so if there are any mistakes, I’m terribly sorry, but I don’t plan to fix them. Take from it what you will, and I hope you enjoy.

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You’ve been there for me all these years,
By my side through it all
From fishing trips, to random drives,
It’s always been
So worthwhile.

You mean everything to me
You make it worth each day,
To wake up and see your face
‘Cause you listen to what I say

For all that, I’m thankful dad
For all the good times that we’ve had
And even when you’re dead and gone
Those memories will still live on
I’ve got somethin’ I barely say,

I love you dad

I wrote this poem,
thinking that You’d see another day
you’d teach me how to drive like you
we were gonna go on a boat too
and catch a fish
the biggest fish of all
we were gonna go swimming at the falls.
You’ve given me hopes and dreams
Told me to never give up.
And what's more, you supported me.
The one thing that I mostly need.

For all that I’m thankful dad
For all the good times that we’ve had
And even when you‘re dead and gone
The love you gave me still lives on
And I’ve got somethin’ I’ve started to say

I love you dad.

 

I told you that I loved you
Oh so many times
I made it clear how I felt
How much you meant to me.

I held your hand, and you held mine
As I watched you slip away
You were crying as I’m crying now
2 am. That day.

I know that you were worried dad,
To leave your girl behind.
But please don’t worry about me dad,
I promise I’ll be fine.

I’m thankful dad
For the years we had
The memories we made.
And always in my heart and soul
I’ll feel the love you gave.

 

For all that I’m thankful dad
For all the good times that we’ve had
And even though you’re dead and gone
my memories will still live on
of how much love you gave me.
I’ve got something I love to say.

I love you dad