I HAD A WONDERFUL DAD, DAVID WAS HIS NAME!
IN LIFE I LOVED HIM DEARLY, IN DEATH I WILL DO THE SAME.
IN THE SILENCE OF MY MIND, WHERE NO-ONE ELSE CAN SEE.
HIS SMILE, HIS VOICE, HIS MEMORY IS KEPT SO TENDERLY.
HOW DO YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART?
TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
HOW DO YOU STOP THE TEARS THAT FLOW EACH TIME I THINK OF YOU?
YOUR CHARACTER EVERYBODY LOVED, YOU STOOD OUT IN A CROWD!
YOU WERE A SPECIAL PERSON. YOUR SON WITH A BROKEN HEART.
WE DID NOT SEE YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES. WE DID NOT SEE YOU DIE.
ALL WE KNOW IS THAT YOU WHERE GONE, WITHOUT A LAST
GOODBYE.
THERE NEVER COMES A MOMENT, WHEN WE DON’T THINK OF YOU.
THAT YOUR FACE IS NEVER OUT OF VIEW. A DAY DOESN’T PASS THAT
WE DON’T THINK OF YOU. WHEN WE ARE FEELING LONLEY THE TEARS
COME TO OUR EYES. WE THINK OF YOU LYING IN PEACE AND WE KNOW
WE SHOULD NOT CRY. SO LET THE STARS BE YOUR CANDLES AND
KEEP THEM BURNING BRIGHT. SO THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE OK,
NO MATTER HOW LIFE CHANGES, WE FEEL BLESSED AND HONOURED TO
HAVE A DAD LIKE YOU.
IF ONLY I COULD SEE YOU FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
TO HOLD YOU CLOSE AND TALK TO YOU, AND SEE YOUR GENTLE SMILE.
BUT GOD WILL NEVER GRANT ME THIS WISH AS HE WOULD SURELY KNOW.
THAT IF I HAD YOU BACK I WOULD NEVER LET YOU GO.
WHAT DAD SUFFERED HE TOLD BUT FEW. HE DID NOT
DESERVE WHAT HE WHEN’T THROUGH. TIRED AND
WEARY HE MADE NO FUSS. BUT OH SO TIRED TO STAY
WITH US.
I WOULD GIVE THE WORLD IF I COULD SAY THAT I COULD
HAVE SEEN MY DEAR DAD FOR JUST ONE MORE DAY.
Written By DAVID WINDELL JNR