A Father's Love by Terrie*

the love a father shares with his child(ren)
is the most precious love
ever given and shared from above

when a father's love is taken away
a child's life, becomes shaken
as tears seep, through their tiny
broken heart

the shine in their eye fades
as he is taken so far away
from their tiny beatin' hearts

memories may remain
still not quite the same
when daddy no longer
walks in through the front door

no one to hold them
no one to wipe a tear away
no one to protect mommie and them

to be in a father's arms
once again
a dream hoped and wished for
that will never be
real again

i have seen first hand
the bravery that one heart leaves upon another
when my babies lost their dad
he left two shattered hearts

the life in my children's heart
cried so silently, as they try to keep their heart from cryin'
in front of me

i did the same
yet i cried even more
silently as i tucked them to bed
a nightly thing ,that dad and the kids
always had so much fun and looked forward to

it's been a year
that Pop's been gone
still we hear him late at night through out our home
"Princess" " Buddy" "Baby Girl"
Daddy's home

draws tears to my heart
as my eyes well up
stayin' up late listenin' to our favorite song
and readin' poems he wrote Geez, way back then
before the children were born
i reminise the lovely visions of him and our kids

holding onto the last rose of the 13 roses
i recieved on the same day he was taken by ambulance
he sent them 13 days before our 13th anniversary
i shared them with my children ,my mother-in-law
kept only one for myself

a day that was once full of happy thoughts
now became a fallen memory
it became the day i laid him to rest
a flag covered coffin

the flowers from the children read
daddy, forever in our hearts
as mine read
darlin' you and i together forever someday

JST US..

old write..i will be takin' a break from postin' for awhile, next month will be 14 years that my husband has been gone..i will post some old one's as i reminisce, his last touch ( JST ) the kids and my first initial. LOVE & GOD BLESS!!

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