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