Ode to my Father
You were gone for so long
I felt like I didn’t belong
I am so proud of the man you came to be
Cause, unlike Mom, you saw importance… me
I wish I could better say what I think
But I chose to let my feelings sink
I always before loved and respected you
Then you left and I had no one to look up to
Now you have finally come home
and I don’t feel like I am alone
You try to give me the life I never had
which has made me a little less sad
It is great having someone who does care
Not sure before how much my heart could bear
I just wanted simply to be and act as a kid
But that didn’t work no matter what I did
I tried to make the old memories stop
But then the present scene would pop
My heart then burst and all I could do was cry
All I then wanted, truthfully, was to die
Then you changed it all
All my chains started to fall
And when you then said you missed me too
All I could think was how much I loved you