I wrote the following poem a long time ago (2000) to my late father.  It’s not here for awes or complements; It’s my gift to him on this day.

It’s been over nine years since you were gone

A fact that is always on my mind I can not condone

I don’t know if this will get to you but I have to let it out anyway

I have been holding it inside hoping it would go astray

However, my efforts to forget went in vain

Nothing compares to the way I feel but agony and pain

Whenever I remember the way you smiled I break down in tears

Your laugh was always the thing that wiped out my fears

I still remember the day you left like yesterday

I always wish I knew, maybe I could stand in your way

I know it was beyond our powers to change our fate

Nothing good on this earth stays or lingers as was said

I get so happy whenever I have you in my dreams

I wake up weeping though realizing it is not what it seems

I just hope that I would grow up to be half the man you were

touch souls the same way you did and be always fair

I miss you father and will always have you on my mind

The day you left I lost my best friend, a person very hard to find

I just wish that one day we will meet again my dear

I just have to work hard to get to where you are or near