“Lost Father”
With each reminding memory
The tears fall again
Nothing can pull me
Outside this aching heart…
My daughter’s moved away
Toward her destiny
While my mind “understands”
About attachments and freedom…
My soul is in pain
This loss searing to the core
I’m frightened of releasing
A life’s purpose gone…
She laughs on the phone
In a voice light with peace
Her knowing come true
In a world apart from me…
She’s found her course
And I praise the navigation
Missing her too much
To burden the flight…
Turning to here and now
I explore what surrounds me
For uncharted possibilities
With old maps and new hope.
Paul Colaluca (1/2/05)