A Father's Death

I was sad today.

Silence was heard throughout the land,

Where a house once stood

But left in the night.

A man I knew

Passed away that same night

Holding his daughter’s hand.

And in her heart,

There was a smile

And sad happy tears

Of peace and death

Where a house could’ve stood

On a hill in paradise

In land that time forgot.

Goodbye my sweet,

My Angeline,

Her father said.

And she, morose and alone,

In a cruel cold world

Whispered,

Bye Daddy.

And that was that,

As wind swept up the dunes

Of the past, and history,

Our history,

Died a staggered death.