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In Loving Memory of my Father
by Alisa Js
Whenever I'm missing you and want you near
I take a trip backwards in time
Along a path regressing the years
To when were all younger,
and you were still here
Why did you have to go so soon?
Could you not have stayed just a little while longer?
I had so much more I wanted to find out about you,
I was just a teen
When you suddenly crossed to the other side ...
My world stopped the day you left
Stars plummeted
Planets and orbits all blew away
On the day the universe cried...
We couldn't even go to say goodbye
My younger brothers and I,
No one told us until after the fact
We could not grasp that you died!
Every night Id see you in my dreams
Calling out to me,
While knocking on that door,
"Open up! Alisa, dear ole' daddy here"
And I could never get that door to budge
My hand would get stuck
Over and over again
On that dark, mahogany floor
With your voice calling out
To just open that door and I could not!
Six months later, those nightmares still rage
I hear you in the crowds,
See you walking by
I look and it's not you,
I cant seem to find you,
I know you didnt die!
How could you leave us behind like that?
Were youre children, we needed you here!
You knew that!
You were supposed to get better, remember?
Lessons learned in life are not always easy
Especially when dealing with loss
Love is so important
The ultimate key,
Without love, we can't function
With love, we can see...
In life, everything has its season
Yesterday is gone,
Tomorrow not guaranteed
All we have is today
To celebrate each moment
Treasure and hold precious every person,
Who comes by
Every moment a blessing
A lesson in love, for all time ...
02/10/2005 Author's Note: My father passed away suddenly while in the hospital due to a cerebral brain hemorrhage when I was still a teenager. My three younger brothers and I were devastated, completely. We were certain he would get better and we would all be together again, like before. Sadly, that was not to be, and we remained in Hawaii with our mother and her new family.
Posted on 12/05/2006
Copyright © 2024 Alisa Js
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Steve Baba on 02/08/09 at 03:20 AM So sorry for the loss of your father so early in life. It makes me think of all the people in my life that have gone on to heaven and how much I miss them dearly. But now they aren't suffering and they are in a better place... |
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