by AuthorsLegacy

Created on: March 04, 2011

I drove by your house the other day

The home that was once my own

Nothing is left for me there anymore

No reason to enter

A past erased with time

I looked away and continued to drive

The only thing I have left

Is a memory of who you were

The man who raised me

The man who guided me

The man who died upon the floor

I can never enter that home again

It's not where I belong

You were strong and brave

No matter how bad each day became

You never gave up on life

I hope I possess that courage someday

When it's needed the most

There is pride behind your name

Honor behind your legacy

That is the way I choose to remember you

I shall pay tribute to your life

Without entering the home that's no longer mine

I will remember your face

Your smile

Your voice 

To keep my own sanity through this

The only thing I can do 

The only thing I can strive for

Is to admit that the only thing remaining of you

Is just a memory...

I miss you, Dad

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