your presence in our lives
was like a beacon of light
you were so full of life
you were gone too soon, my dearest dad
you were gone too soon for us
the sudden bend in the road
was exacting but it never stuck us
that soon we would be left mourning
the absence of the only man
who meant the world to us
(he still does)
we miss your sunshine smile
we yearn to hear you laugh
we keep searching for you
all the while
to complete what was left
incomplete between us
though it has been decades
since that fateful moment
that stripped you from our lives
we were never prepared for you to go
you were brutally taken away from us
you were gone too soon, my dearest dad
you were gone too soon for us
