Remembrance of you

It’s been exactly a month since you passed from this world To the next, starting the next stage of you existence You have left a mark in each one of us, One that still aches with remembrance One that still craves the wisdom of your voice One that still yearns for you smile to shine upon them Yet this is now gone, forever Leaving emptiness where your guidance and love used to dwell Right now for all who knew you, it’s the physical they miss Yet if they could just look within, they would feel you Your presence still fills the air around us. Your spirit still lives within each of us This is cold comfort for the long lonely evenings When you were a call away from being spoken to A connection away from being heard Now we rely on memories to hear you and see you in our minds eye You are missed more than words can express And loved more than any one heart can express You will dwell within each generation to come Your legacy will be heard in the cry of each newborn to come Dad, we love you, we miss you, we mourn you Yet we remember you, and cherish your memory We will love you, Always and forever, beyond time