Ode to Dad

So the song is finally over

as its final chord is played.

This duet’s come to its full closure

abruptly as the outro’s fade.

Couldn’t we add just one more verse?

A longer bridge than what you made?

Because stepping off from song to silence 

isn’t a fair trade.

And maybe I could stand the silence

but a choir of voices in my head

remind me how you’re gone forever

and I'm here trapped with them instead.

Though I don’t know where you are

or where, someday, I could be

I’m thankful knowing who I am

is because of you and me.

I’m thankful I could sing your words

now that you’re gone without a trace.

One day i’ll sing those tear-soaked memories...

and feel a smile bloom on my face.