The Father's Day Gift
Since the last card I gave you, four years have passed by.
It was the wrong time and wrong place to be,
Festive cards lured my thoughts so cruelly.
Gently rhyming verses 'To My Dear Dad',
As I longed for the treasure that I once had.
I watched other people as I strolled though the store,
Unaware just how fast precious time tends to soar.
Parents with giggling children close by their side,
I tried to control tears welling up deep inside.
Steering my attention once again to my goal,
Getting the perfect gift for such a kind soul.
Finding it shook me. I had to be brave,
Forget-me-not blossoms to place on your grave.
Published by Karen Moon
I have 4 grown kids and 3 beautiful grand kids. I love making new friends and learning new things. I enjoy community theatre and choir. I have decided to pack up my backpack and head back to school to get my... View profile
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Post a CommentKaren, I appreciate you sharing these pieces about your dad. I can identify with you in so many ways, and reading this has helped me to feel my own dad is close. It has been just over a year now since he has passed, and I am finding it very difficult to deal with the fact that he is gone. I don't really want to deal with it, not because it is hard, but because I am afraid to lose that connection with him that I shared throughout his diagnosis until he drew his last breaths. Reading your pieces has helped me to feel comforted that I will never forget and that I will keep that close connection with him as he undertook the most difficult battle of his life. I suppose that is rather morbid, but though it was the most sad time of my life, I feel like he appreciated us sticking by him through it all and comforting him until the angels came to take him home.
Thank you for sharing. I know it is immensely difficult to do.