He sits alone in his favorite rocker thinking of the past
Thinking back oh so many years too the good times and bad
The good times were few and the bad they didn't last
Years of hard living and a youth he never really had
He though about his first real job when he was only nine
How he'd sweat in the pit for an hour just to earn a dime
After a while he got good to the point were he could double
One thing about his working nights it kept him out of trouble
he made it through his childhood yeras graduating to his teens
Bad times seemed to follow him shattering all his dreams
He bumed around the country until the age of twenty
In between his travels jail time he did plenty
Then one day by chance he met the one who'd set him straight
Funny how things happen on one's first blind date
I noticed a tear running down his unshaven cheek
Although his steel blue eyes told me he wasn't weak
He just couldn't remember when his lady was taken
Leaving him alone in a body now that's shaken
To often now he sits and stares off into space
As though he's looking for his ladys face
Just sitting there waiting for it all to end
Knowing when it's over he'll be with his best friend
As I leftI turned to say I'll see you later dad
Little did I know at his funeral I'd feel so dam sad
(c) Si H Tam
Reason for writing:
I wrote this after attending my fathers funeral,only days
after I said good bye to him in the nursing home.Little did
I know it was to be my last good bye,and yes I did cry
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