A Letter To My Dad

Dad,

I’ve been rewriting this letter for an eternity.

I just can’t seem to find the right words

to fill this empty sheet.

The ground seemed to have

Shaken beneath my feet

When cancer so suddenly

Snatched your soul away from me.

At 6 years old,

Death became my worst fear.

And truth be told,

I’ve been lost for 12 years

Trying to put together pieces of this puzzle

And I can’t seem to figure out

Why you would leave.

Condolences are nice gestures

But they’ll never silence this grief.

I need to know

What will ease the pain?

This is heartbreak

I would never be able to feign.

I just can’t ignore this

Gaping hole in my chest,

Reminding me of that empty

Spot in my life that can

Never be filled.

Day by day,

This agony seems to become more real.

Death is the guest who

Decided to crash my party of life

Too sudden and unexpectedly.

It hurts so much

To not know exactly where you are

You left and literally took

A chunk of my heart.

I live to make you proud

And I’ll never stop cherishing your memory.

So wherever you may be,

I hope your soul is at rest and at peace.