Missing You Daddy

Missing You Daddy

Tattered and torn, my heart and soul lay shattered.
Reflections of my life shown in each piece.
A beloved face laid in this spot.
A smile laid in that spot.
Tears laid over there.
An angry expression laid just beyond the tears.
A hand holding a hand laid just by the smile.
Scattered among them are other memories mixed up and jumbled.
Falling to the floor, I scoop them up and try to piece them back together.
Jagged ends tear at my flesh.
Tears of loss fall from my eyes.
Pain and anguish fills my empty shell of a body.
Words held deep within my heart came out in a strangled whisper.
Daddy, I know you had to go, your time here on earth was done.
You are not in pain and suffering any more.
I don't mean to be so childish and selfish.
I miss you so.
Your face sometimes fades from my mind.
Your voice sometimes not as I remembered.
Your loving hands sometimes I long for them to hold.
I struggle and strive to hold on to your memory.
Oh my loving Daddy, I long for the day we can be together.
The day, I no longer am afraid of not seeing or being with you again.
The hurt and longing I know will come and go.
I will keep picking up the pieces and keep holding on.
For the day will come Daddy when I can be held in your loving arms once again.

Written By:  Hillbilly Girl
                  April 26, 2012