daddy’s gone away
he’s gone away
and never coming back
.
but I feel him, sis,
don’t you?
.
we’ve lost his smile,
the sound of his laugh —
but he’s always here
in every cell we own
.
he’s in our bones
our brains
our blood
our lives —
woven seamlessly
in our dna
and
in every breath we take

 
daddy’s gone away
in silent emptiness my heart
cries out for him
~
he’s taken it —
I’m not sure what — my heart
bleeds deep red tears