20 years today

Miss you Dad…

Childhood you gave us was golden years

Taught us to dream and chase them down
Dad was the best role you ever played and

Your shadow was the safest place we had

You lived in 47 what people fail in 74.

Car crash took you away from us

Back to my senses, you looked okay to me
Did not realise you were hurting inside
Scars, stitches and broken bones  

Nothing hurts like the empty driver seat

I know you took one for the fold
Bonafide super hero when you left our side.

Could not measure the loss, when I lost you.
Had not sunk in that you could be gone.
I pray to god not to take you away,
for you could linger around to make good

Time we didn’t have enough to share.

Hope you were around to see us now,
Shoulder to Shoulder Side by Side.
Mom was our light we followed through.
She put on hold her life to see us through.
We would have celebrated having you.

I wish one day I remind people of you

Be the dad you are to us, to your grand kid.
You gave us the best of everything

Including screen grabs to peek at

And a template to live life by

I still remember

The Life lessons,

The Road trips,

The Swim lessons,

The Skating lessons,

The Driving lessons,

Oh and our first plane ride

That every time I fly, I feel closer to you.

Miss you Dad…