Hero

Hero

Sorrow troubles my thoughts

when I realize all we're not

nor ever will be in this life

When I was young

I idolized you

now I just grieve

Why did you stop

growing and risking

shriveling in your skin

There's so much

I want to know about you

locked away in your shell

Each choice you made

walled off your voice

'til silence is all that remains

Too painful to broach

or unfold all the past

shrouded in your shame

So in the years you have left

I press forward

you fade upon the horizon

Memories remain of long ago

when you were my dad

and hero was your name

On the other side of this life

on that day

we'll be restored

19-162z

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