Father

    (December 1995)

    Woke up Christmas morning
    Went down to see the tree
    There were presents all around
    Big one’s that I hoped would be for me

    I went to their bedroom
    So that I could wake my parents
    Then I began to remember
    That my father wasn’t there

    Looking back upon this moment
    I see they did the best with what they had
    But all that I can see
    Is a 9-year old without his dad

    I remember asking my dad
    What would he do with just one wish
    I’ll never forget that look on his face
    For as long as I shall live

    He said that he would wish
    Mother would change her mind
    I don’t remember ever
    Growing up so much so fast

    Why were things the they were?
    I’d ask my mother to explain to me
    But of all the things she knew
    There were some things she couldn’t make me see

    Daddy don’t go
    Mother’s only sleeping
    She didn’t care; she didn’t know
    That she was only dreaming...

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