Hello

That word left my heart hanging

wondering when the day would come

when I could say that to you

Cried for days

Swallowed down alcohol

and my soul

Heaven needed a protector...

they took mine away...

Desperate for those yesterdays

not remembering about tomorrow

Thought it was so easy

to be prepared for your final days

Hell, can't believe I lied to myself in that way

The yelling, the heartaches

The most important memories

were your lessons

I'm sorry

I couldn't stay in that black hole

mourning for you

My biggest mistake was my own heartbreak

Don't regret any minute of it

You and your death made me who I am today

I wish I could have you and that lesson together

Wishful thinking was almost the death of me

Heaven needed a protector

I could understand why...

Please take care of him, I say

When my final days come,

I want him to be the one

to protect me on that day.....

Author's Notes/Comments: 

To my stepdad... the hardest part was letting you go and the healing part begins for me... but I'll never forget you.

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mar's picture

WOW....it really makes me relate, I admire how you expressed your situation in this poem..