You gave me my teddy
To sooth away my fears
You hugged me tight
To calm my tears
You took me to hospital
When I cut my face
You fixed my bike’s tyre
Punctured in a race
You left the light on
When I was scared of the dark
You took me to play football
How I loved the park
You consoled me
When I lost my job
You gave me money for the rent
That helped a lot
You was there for me
When I needed to talk
I remember our Sundays
On the canals, those walks
You had an accident
The first of a few
Several more came
Didn’t know what to do
You repeated yourself
All the same stories
I would listen each time
You would never bore me
You would have a stroke
And never be the same
How you reacted
Hope it would never be again
But behind the stroke
There was something else
A cancerous tumour
Eating at your health
I remember watching you
Hugging you so tight
Not wanting to let go
Seeing how you fight
All the treatments
Eating you alive
Thank god you had
Your caring wife
You had lost your weight
Your strong cuddly frame
Now just a shell of yourself
Not to be the same
Until the day they called
And you was taken in
Hospital again
It would all begin
Holding onto your hand
I would watch you sleep
Quietly beside you
I would weep
Talking to you
Wishing you would wake
Come back to us
I would take your place
As the machine starts to beep
And I watch you go
I will miss you forever
My father, my hero
This is beautiful, thank you.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to say that.
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Sorry for your loss. How have you been?
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Hello, it’s been so long
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Yeah, it has been a really long time. I hope you are well
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Yes I am great, same shit different day
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