Goodbye to you

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    Goodbye to you

    10-19-1986


    In my mind I still see you
    the way you always were to me
    dear father.

    So lovely, big smile, heart of gold,
    even though you were hurting so,
    you lived to make me smile.
    I was always the prettiest girl,
    the apple of your eye.

    No one will ever be good enough
    having to live up to such an impressive standard.
    The epitome of goodness and truth,
    so much more love to give,
    dear father,

    You had only just begun,
    and your song continues today.
    Your firstborn,
    your spitting image,
    though he lacks your character,
    If I look deep enough, I can see the father I miss so much.

    Though I had you for such a short time,
    dear father,
    I still look for you in the face of every man I meet.
    If I could have you back, even for just a few minutes,
    I would tell you how much I love you
    How that love not only endures but deepens.
    I miss you
    I love you
    and I am glad you are my father.

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    angelchaser commented on Goodbye to you

    11-23-2010

    This is such a loving tribute to your father. I'm sure as he looks down from Heaven, you're still the apple of his eye.

    Fallen4Ever commented on Goodbye to you

    06-04-2009

    oh my god that's beautiful. I know this may sound werid but this poem went to a level that felt beyond tear worthy.

    Starchild commented on Goodbye to you

    03-22-2009

    I really love this poem. I can feel your grief and my sympathy is with you. But I am sure that your father felt the love that you had for him.

    Phoenix9 commented on Goodbye to you

    03-21-2009

    very well done and sad also for the loss

    Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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