Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Maybe Now You Know


Maybe now you know


How much we missed you all those years


How much we wanted your stories, your love, your lessons


To be part of our children's lives


What a void your absence left
Maybe now you know




Maybe now you know


How much we needed you, even when


We were all grown up, with families of our own


How a father's touch still mattered


And a father's reassurance was craved
Maybe now you know




Maybe now you know


How much a part of us you always were


How you formed us, taught us, and showed us how to live


How your proverbs and phrases were on our lips


As we raised our children
Maybe now you know

Maybe now you know


How much we wanted to care for you


How much we wanted to see you at peace


Surrounded by those who loved you


Cared for in turn, by those whom you had cared for
Maybe now you know




Maybe now you know


A Father who will never fail you


A home that will always be yours


Peace that will not depart


How much you had always been loved
Maybe now you know