In Memory of My Father

because as soon as it's gone we are left feeling sad.

The jokes and the stories we've heard again and how

though they sometimes annoyed us we'll never hear them again now.

You left us too early and you left us too late

there's a void in my heart, a pain, an ache.

It's just not the same and I can't seem to handle

another holiday dinner without the story about snuffing a candle.

You've gone on to heaven, so I just want to know

have you agreed to that date with Marilyn Monroe?

Seriously though, you are missed more than you know

I wish I had told you more often how much you meant to me

you were a great dad and without you I would not be.