I cried for an hour today, <br />The tears flow easily now, <br />Yet when they should have come <br />My eyes were dry. <br />Too late I knew what I had lost <br />And could not replace what is gone. <br /> <br />Now I cry for what I can not have. <br /> <br />We will never talk together <br />As woman and man <br />For you I am always a child. <br />We can never walk together <br />Hand in hand <br />Or exchange a knowing smile. <br />You will never hear the laughter of my children <br />Or look forward to their kiss <br />You can never reach out to touch them <br />Or know how much you are missed. <br /> <br />2001 revised March 2003<br /><br />Josephine Dunn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-daddy-a-gentle-man/
