by Jane Prinsep

Created on: November 26, 2009

Nestled delicately in his caring hands
Every movement, expression; cherished
Muddled months of worried bonding
Self-taught lessons in how to be "Dad"

His little girl; you learned to walk
Learned to talk and then to argue
Your questions divided and multiplied
Before the man without all the answers

A lifetime's seasons tumbled by
Like coloured leaves; snapshots of time
Each one representing a moment
Forever now to dance in the wind of memory

A relationship thought to last a lifetime
Seems extinguished in a heartbeat
Empty spaces have new meaning
As the mist of mourning quietly descends

Memories now recaptured and held
In the hands of a family left behind
Every expression, movement; cherished
Moments reborn and given eternal life

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