Daddy

The day you answered God's call
left a vacuum in space and time.
My world came crashing down
I couldn't breathe, couldn't talk.
I felt so numb, I couldn't walk. 

It could not be true, a huge mistake
it was just not possible to accept,
to comprehend,
that you were gone.
I was sure you would wake up
And then there would be trouble! 

You where the strongest person I knew;
In my mind there was nothing you
could not survive,
nothing that could take you away
I was so sure a mistake was made,
that you would wake up,
take my hands in yours
as so many times before,
and tell me that I should have known better
That you wouldn't die so easily
That we were stuck with you f
or a very long time still...  

Where do I belong now?
Why did you have to leave?
Why did you have to go?
I don't know how to be "me" without you in my life... 

Thinking of you brings tears to my eyes
There's a big gaping hole in my chest
That no amount of time or memories can fill
I never thought I would see you go.
Who will teach me right from wrong now?
Now that you are gone? 

Daddy, you put me through school,
through life, and you did that by
working with your hands
You built big buildings and designed
clever Machines and tools
We knew such tough times
but you always did what you could,
to give us the best possible  

You could fixed anything you laid your hands on.
There wasn't a thing you couldn't do
with a little cement or some glue
Nothing was ever to difficult,
you would find a way.
You did not believe in impossible
You only saw possibilities
You always did. 

You made me so proud on my wedding day,
when you so unselfishly gave me away
and hugged me and wished me well
and I a saw a tear. 
It was so hard for you to let me go.
To let your "little girl" venture into a world unknown
without you holding my hand or to catch me if I fall

You knew then that it would not work out,
but you never tried to stop me,
to change my mind
You knew me so well 
No matter how hard, you let me go
To live my life, to make my own mistakes
But you were still there to pick me up when I fell
To help the hurt go away 

I remember everything you taught me
I learned so much compassion from you
So many values that's part of us
You made sure we know the value of hard work
You taught us to make our own way
To be proud of who we are and where we came from
That there are things in life not worth
giving up on without fighting 

Now its time for me to let you go
The hardest thing I've ever had to do
But before I do,I want you to know,
I'm sorry for the all times I judged you
without even trying to understand
All the things I never told you that I should have
I Love you Daddy
Words fail to truly capture how much
Words to explain does not yet exist
Does that make us illiterate?
I wish you were here,
You would know the right words
I love you Daddy
I miss you
I wish you were alive..