In Memory of My Dad 27th May 2017 – Posted in: Poems
My Dad died very suddenly, and without warning on 17th January 2015. I did not make it to his hospital bedside in time. I missed his last breath by a few minutes…The painful memory of it still lingers in my mind. I wrote this poem in memory of him, and read it out at his funeral.
Miss You…
Miss you, miss you, miss you;
Everything I do,
echoes with the laughter,
and the voice of you.
You’re on every corner,
every turn and twist;
Every old familiar place,
Whispers how you’re missed.
Miss you, miss you, miss you;
Everywhere I go,
Are memories of the happy times
we shared so long ago.
Picnics in the sunshine,
Days out by the sea,
Fish and chips and cream-tea shops,
What joys these brought to me!
Miss you, miss you, miss you;
Nothing can replace,
The memory of the joy
that lit your ever-smiling face.
No matter what each day would bring;
When clouds got in the way,
In your heart the sun would shine
and never fade away.
Oh I miss you, miss you;
There’s a strange sad silence here.
Midst the busy whirl of life,
My eyes keep shedding tears.
The absence of your being,
It brings a heart of pain,
But Jesus knows that one day soon,
We’ll laugh together again.
(2015 – by Michele Neal)
Michele is the author of Come on Church! Wake Up! and The End of The World and The Gospel of Deception – Counterfeit Christianity and the Fate of Its Followers Available WORLDWIDE as paperback and Kindle, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and many other online book stores.