This poem is one I have written for you Dad:- Etched in my mind is the day You peacefully lay You'd taken your final breath And your heart stopped beating It broke me in two Though you weren't alone As a part of me went with you So many times I have thought of you So many times I have secretly cried Well if loving could have saved you Then you would have never died No amount of farewells Could ever truly prepare me For the time to say goodbye You were taken before I knew it Only the lord knows why If my pain could be a stairway And my thoughts a memory lane Then I would walk the pathway to heaven Just to see you once again I still ache with sadness I still ache with sorrow What it felt to lose you Only those closest will truly know Forgive me please, but I will always weep For the dad I love and cherish, but wasn't able to keep