MY DAD

WHO IS TO SAY
HE WAS OLD ANYWAY
WHEN HIS TIME ON EARTH HAD PASSED

HE WAS STILL VERY STRONG
WITH A WILL TO GO ON
AND HIS HEART FULL OF LOVE BEATING FAST

A BRIEF MOMENT IN TIME
TOOK AWAY WHAT WAS MINE
IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED THE CRASH

AND I SAW IN HIS EYES
HIM SAYING GOOD BYE
AND THE FEELING HE JUST COULDN'T LAST

TUCKED SAFE IN MY ARMS
GENTLE KISS ON HIS HEAD
THE WORDS "I LOVE YOU" POURED OUT

HIS RESPONSE WAS SO WEAK
THE ONLY WORDS HE DID SPEAK
"I LOVE YOU" FORMED ON HIS MOUTH

SO NOW HE IS GONE
AND THE HURT LINGERS ON
BUT I KNOW HOW HAPPY IS HE

FOR HE'S WITH ONES WHO CARE
WHO'LL ALWAYS BE THERE
AND I KNOW THAT HE'S WAITING FOR ME

KAREN DAMERON DALE