Daddy

Where are your big hands daddy
so skilled and miserably taught
you held seven tiny ones in them
and cherished each one you brought

You stood so tall and strong at once
like a snow capped mountain stood
you fought and worked hard all your life
for what you thought was good

Til one day death made
Its repeated unwelcome call
Into our family once again
for you to take the fall

I sit often daddy pondering
over thoughts of you an all
of days when I was growing up
I tearfully recall
I sit on this chair in deepest thought
imagining you here to sit
and look to god and read his word
to comfort me a bit

Where are your big hands daddy
I continually picture there
and the memories of you never tire
as I sit here in my chair
I remember too the dreams you had
how you bought that house for mom
she was so tickled she had a home
with that beautiful green grass lawn

I thought those days would never cease
that all in love was true
the dreams you had
your wishes daddy
I wish them all for you

Now as I go through life
without seeing you again
I never will forget you daddy
you and your big hands
and the memories well
they will never fade
nor from me ever part
but always will be deep within
the depths of my broken heart