M's Poetry
Without A Trace
Daddy where did you go?
I had my book bag packed
and my hair brushed...
I patiently waited for you
and I stood at that door
but you never came through it
and my sadness began to show
Daddy why did you leave without a trace?
are you gone forever or just for a little while?
Mommy has gone silent and so has her smile
is there something we did? I have a band aid to fix it
Daddy I got my cap and gown on
and it's your favorite color
sky blue just like your eyes
I am looking beyond the line
at all the faces in the crowd
but all I see in your seat is space
a tear forms but not for me, for you
because I finally get it I understand
you were never going to be in that seat
and that is the loss of your ball game
you never did see me daddy, too bad I always saw you
even if your presence was without a trace.
2004@ Copyright by Megan Bishop
I had my book bag packed
and my hair brushed...
I patiently waited for you
and I stood at that door
but you never came through it
and my sadness began to show
Daddy why did you leave without a trace?
are you gone forever or just for a little while?
Mommy has gone silent and so has her smile
is there something we did? I have a band aid to fix it
Daddy I got my cap and gown on
and it's your favorite color
sky blue just like your eyes
I am looking beyond the line
at all the faces in the crowd
but all I see in your seat is space
a tear forms but not for me, for you
because I finally get it I understand
you were never going to be in that seat
and that is the loss of your ball game
you never did see me daddy, too bad I always saw you
even if your presence was without a trace.
2004@ Copyright by Megan Bishop
