Please Dad

For my dad...

Just another night 

Clinging to the old doll

You gave me so many years ago.

Crying myself into

A sleepless

Oblivion.

Trying to act tough 
While tears fall 

Down my face...

It hurts 

More then I can describe 

Remembering your eyes.

Then..

Suddenly, you were just a body

With no soul. 

An image that 

Can never leave me 

No matter how old I grow.

I miss you dad

It hurts so bad

I want to remember you laughing...

But I can't.

Because, I all I see 

Is your still body

With no you inside..

I know you're free

I know you're no longer trapped

But I miss you...

Please come back.