Farewell Father

In the depths of my heart, a wound so deep,
A pain that lingers, an ache I still keep.
In the year of 2003, a bitter sorrow fell,
When cancer's clutches took my father, I dwell.

I held your hand, kissed you goodbye,
As tears streamed down, I asked myself why.
Why must life be filled with such cruel strife,
Taking you away, extinguishing your light? I remember that all beautiful souls get eliminated first

My fingers brushed against your features with gentle grace.
You lay there, peaceful in that casket's embrace,
A silent testament to life's cruel, relentless chase.

I kissed your forehead, so cold against my lips,
A moment frozen in time, a heartbreaking eclipse.
The final farewell, a goodbye never sought,
As I whispered my love, my voice choked with the thought.

 In memories, you're alive, an ethereal presence held, Guiding me through the storms, where grief once dwelled.

The pain of loss, an eternal ache I bear,
Yet, within that pain, your love lingers there.
Your legacy lives on, in the lessons you've taught,
To cherish every moment, to love without thought.

 I just wish you were here , seeing me grow from a teenager to an adult , a mother and your beautiful daughter . I know you will be visiting in my dreams and I will feel you around me.

 I express the depths of my pain,
The loss that forever will leave a stain.
But I hold onto the love, the memories we shared,
Knowing that your presence, though gone, still flares.

In the casket's embrace, I kissed you goodbye,
But in my heart, you'll stay, soaring high.
For death may part us, but love transcends time,
Together we'll be, in the universal rhyme.