dear dad

 
dear Dad,

you left before I could even grow up
so many times I wanted to call you on the phone
you were out of my reach
behind the veil where mortals can't cross

I'm given time to pause
to go over my mistakes
you enter my dreams with words of advice
I wish I could always take them

you have a view that I can't see
one of the great universe
you see where I fit within it

I hear you in my mind talking to me
telling me in life you were blind
you didn't know the calling placed on my life
or what just what it cost to be me

you sit with me quietly
because you know I'm sick
struggling with the world as it is

you make your presence known
a comfort to me
only from time to time
so not to disturb the natural flow of things

please help me today dad I'm failing
you were always the one who set my boundaries
now I'm running wild
unprotected and reckless

watch over me
guide me to the end of this mission