Dear Dad

It’s been so long since

I have seen you. I

Wish I could talk to you

I wish I could hug you.

Dear Dad,

I miss you. I want you to

Come home. I am starting to forget

Your face, the way your eyes were

Always crinkled, and how when you

Kissed me goodnight, your beard tickled my nose.

Dear Dad,

I need you to come back

I know Heaven needs you

But I need you more. I miss

You so much. I can’t even

Begin to describe.

Dear Dad,

I love you, every day.

I want you to know that

I have always loves you,

And I wish I could take back

All the times I have told

You otherwise

Dear Dad,

You make me so mad!

Why did you die?

Why can ‘God’ see you every day

When I can’t see you anymore?

Why can’t you just come home?

Why did you leave me in the first place?

Dear Dad,

I need you

I miss you

I love you

But you confuse me

Yes, things were bad, but how

Could you just leave us

To pick up the pieces when you

Couldn’t take it anymore?

Dear Dad,

I give up

I am done trying to remember you

I am finished trying to hold onto you

I am tired of trying.

Dear Dad,

I love you

I miss you

I want you to come home

But I know you won’t

I know you can’t

I remember everything

Because you are a memory I can never  lose

Please forget what I said

Because I only said it

Thinking you would come back

And tell me how much you care

About me.

I forgive you for leaving me

And I will love you until the

Day I join you.

Dear Dad,

I love you…

Come home…