Goodbye My Daddy

1:28am February 16, 2022

By Andrea Tadpole-Broussard

I got a thousand things running through my mind

It feels like peace I'll never find

I kept holding on to the hope that you'd pull through

Yet it wasn't meant to be

I'd give anything to just sit and hold your hand all evening

And pray with you again

I don't know how to get back up from horrid blow

I don't understand why you suffered so

Or why you had to go

How am I supposed to keep living

When I've lost my best friend

My voice of wisdom in the chaos of my life

My hero, the one who always had my back

Through thick and thin

I stood there by you and held your hand

While your heartbeat slowed

And you took your breath

I was forced to let you go

I don't know how to get back up from this

Yet I look at my children and grandchildren

And I know why I'm still here

The last thing you told me was

Take care of everyone

I love you

I know...love never fails

Life isn't fair

And Heaven is so far away

Yet one breath close

So my sweet daddy

Till we meet again at God's throne

Please send me signs once in awhile

So I know that you're still with me

In the love we shared

Goodbye my Daddy

Till we meet again