REGRETS

Sunday 3rd November 2013 2:01 am (first posted Friday 1st November 2013 12:01 am)

REGRETS

 

I never got the chance 

To be, for you, the best

I never had the strength 

To hold you to my chest

 

I never had the time 

To be a fathers son.

I never had a hope 

Of undoing things I've done.

 

I never got to tell you

How I missed you when not there.

I never had the strength to speak 

As you were lying there.

 

I never had the courage

To stroke your ruffled hair.

I never had the chance

To say how much I cared

 

I never got to say I love you 

With conviction & grace.

I never had the strenght of will 

To say it to your face.

 

I never got to tell you 

Just how much you meant to me.

I never got to say goodbye 

And now you're floating free.

 

I miss you my dear father 

In ways no-one could tell.

I watched you through a childs eye,

I watched you go through hell.

 

I saw in you a tender love 

Your generation could not show.

And now it is all too late 

Now, never shall you know.

 

I miss you every single minute 

Of every single day.

 

You'll never know the pride I felt 

To have you as my Dad.

To know that no matter what 

I'll always be your lad.

 

If words betray emotions 

Our thoughts project them too.

Then feel the warmth in the tender love 

That now I feel for you.

 

Timeless & endless 

And deeper than the oceans.

Teeming full of life 

And joyfull sweet emotions.

 

So now I say farewell

To one I love so dear.

As I think about your passing 

I will always shed a tear.

 

And in doing so feel tragic loss 

But never any fear.

You reside now in my heart and mind

You'll always be quite near.

 

Goodbye Dad.

I love you. X

 

Dartherino

July 2009