To My Father on Father’s Day
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You never said, “I’m leaving.”
You never said, “Goodbye.”
You were gone before we knew it,
and only God knew why.
A million times, I needed you.
A million times, I cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
you never would have died.
In life, I loved you dearly.
In death, I love you still.
In my heart, I hold a place
that only you can fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
but you didn’t go alone.
Part of me went with you,
the day God took you home.
For more poetry on loss:
- Home When I Get There – Death of a Father
- I Love You! I’ll Miss You. Say Hi! – Death of a Father
- The Leaving – Death of a Friend
- Unfinished Fragment – Exploration of Grief
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Mary Derringer
A seventy-eight-year-old nursing home resident, she enjoys writing poetry as well as children’s stories. She has a degree in children’s literature from the Institute of Children’s Literature. She has three poems scheduled for publication in the Neopoet Around the World anthology. New to poetry, she has been excited to feel the gratification that comes with having your words valued.
