A Father's Future

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A Father's Future

I MISS YOU SON

I miss you son, when I arise

Your love filled voice, your bright green eyes.

I long to just stare at your face

To hold you tight, in warm embrace

To feel the lovely sense of grace

Your smile brought to me, and then to trace

The lips I long to kiss again

And share the day as it begins

And enjoy life that should not be done

When I arise, I miss you son.

I miss you son, when it is day

And you would want to go and play

I long to watch you with your friends,

And believe that this could never end.

I miss you son, when night is here

And the darkness hides the falling tears

The loneliness of a broken heart

That knew that we would never part.

Now we are apart, till this life is done

But some day son, the victory won

I'll hold you close to me and then

We'll never be apart again.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

Although it's been a while since I saw you

I still think about you every day.

And although it's been a while since we talked

I still have a lot I need to say.

I'm so sorry for so much in the past

But the good times were great and I thought they would last

Twenty years were a lifetime for you

But I'm left wanting more because they went by too fast

Although it's been a while since you've grinned at me

And it's so long that we've been apart

It's your picture that grins back at me now

As I'm left holding you in my heart.

DESPAIR

I have no heir apparent now

My name who's worn from birth

With you now gone I walk alone

No namesake here on earth.

My future's short since it was you

My treasure's in the tears I cry

And as they fall I realize

My home's with you beyond the sky.

And how my heart longs to let go

To leave and take my place

Where I can sit beside you Son

And see you face to face.

God mocks my plans, my hopes, my dreams

And takes them all away

But just for now, for surely He'll

Fulfill them all some day.

For life's too hard with no reward

So He must keep what He has sworn

And take away forever pain

On Resurrection Morn.