Greatest Gift (262 views)
A life to live that walks away and leaves you behind
Memories of a fathers love so hard to find
Distant and blurred eventually lost with time
My childhood was different in my eyes alone
Scared love and bruised trust painted walls of our broken home
Stranger with a face of love he had never shown
I stood and watched him with my aching soul
A family to be no more now cheaply sold
A story of life lived but never told
I remember most of all the sleepless nights of mom crying
No money and food to eat truly God was supplying
The many thoughts of failure and betrayal her souls dying
What was to become of me a fatherless child
To exist and see mirrored reflections of my own denial
Mom picked up precious pieces of our family for reconcile
Within my heart lives no hatred against my father's choice
To leave and never be heard again I was missing his voice
The father and son talks we never had when I made mistakes
Learning to ride a bike walk away from a fight or fish at the lakes
Wishing dad was here when I blew out my birthday cakes
To comfort me when I felt alone and stranded as a lost sheep
The bandaged scar hidden but never healed the pain just cut to deep
I know I missed a lot without a man's direction
Steps taken blinded with faith as to cross life's intersections
My mother accepted both roles for life dealt her no exceptions
The truth of my past released and set me free
The true colors of my life I can finally see
For my life is the greatest gift my father has given me
