An Ode To My Dad

How can I ever forget

The last song that you ever sang

Was ‘Happy Birthday’ to me

In a tune that I could not recognize

Even in your sickness, Daddy

When your memory was all fuzzy

And could not recognize the visitors to your bed

Even your own brother and sister

You remembered your wife and children.

You let me pursue my dreams

And kept giving me advice

On my choice of career and friends

I used to tell you to stop lecturing me

But there is no one to lecture me now

And nobody with whom I can get annoyed

Towards the end

My only prayer was

God, please don’t take him away

On my birthday. Please don’t take him away…

I didn’t want to have a birthday to regret about

So He waited for 3 days more

Before He called my Dad to His eternal abode.

All I ever wanted was to make you proud of me

Be a good daughter and sister

Most important of all, be a good person.

And I know I’ve made mistakes along the way

Things I’m not proud of

But then I will keep trying

Till my last breath to be worthy of

Being called your daughter.

It’s been ten years Daddy

I don’t know how you are or where you are.

I wish you were there when I graduated from college

Or you could guide me now on choices I should make in my career

I wish you could be there to walk me down the aisle,

When I get married to a man who promises to love me.

I miss you Daddy and I will always love you.

You were and always will be my hero.