Miles to go before I sleep*<\/b><\/p>\n
(a poem for dad, oh how we miss you!)<\/p>\n
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It’s hard to write about you Dad<\/p>\n
So much to say yet the words won’t come<\/p>\n
Your chair sits empty but still I look<\/p>\n
Maybe to catch a glimpse of you<\/p>\n
Your smile, devilish at times, your laugh, your grumbles, too<\/p>\n
And your sweet, sweet humming, always humming<\/p>\n
I miss these parts of you, I miss them, I miss you, we miss you, every bit of you<\/p>\n
Days are different, routines changed, less worry at night<\/p>\n
So why do I long to hear your voice on that monitor<\/p>\n
Just one more time, even if it was you grumbling as you made<\/p>\n
yet another trip to the bathroom.<\/p>\n
Trips to see Doc Weller, “a very fine feller” as you would proclaim<\/p>\n
Followed by your trademarked “Oh shitsky!”\u00a0 I MISS THAT<\/p>\n
There’s no more worry, will you fall, will I find you in your chair<\/p>\n
Unresponsive, leaving us to morn, no more worry, no more you<\/p>\n
Why would I wish for those times of worry about you<\/p>\n
Your 7:00 bed time, yet “miles to go before I sleep”*<\/p>\n
Wishing you were still a\u00a0 part of our routine, hard times and the good ones<\/p>\n
It’s mom I hear now on that monitor, no “Oh Shitskies” just the<\/p>\n
seemingly endless all-nighter with Steve Harvey and Family Feud<\/p>\n
I know you are laughing that boyish laugh right now…….the momma<\/p>\n
She’s ok, just missing you, we all miss you, ALL OF YOU<\/p>\n
We can’t have you back, just our thoughts and memories<\/p>\n
I’ll let those fill my heart and soul<\/p>\n
Even if it means it’s “miles to go before I sleep”*<\/p>\n
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