Day to day withheld, each hour after hour,
The world revolved, turned, I ignored the power,
Lying underneath her skin, just below,
The pulse of life within, the world can’t know,
The meaning the words unspoken contain,
The truths unsaid, silent voices restrain,
From speaking the words of power, release,
Allowing what should be to be, in peace,
But wrenching effect, rendering anew,
A whole new aspect, a new point of view,
If only released, allowed to set free,
Instead it’s contained, the keys held by me,
Held close to chest, unwilling to reveal,
The pain within, begin to let it heal,
Breach through the surface in the dead of night,
Sleep of the angels disturbed, they take flight,
In a dream the truth revealed as it stood,
The man laid bare his wish that if I could,
Allow the release, let go, set it free,
The soul kept too near, not allowed to be,
When destiny decided long ago,
Just where things should be and how things should go,
In dreams of nothing related, really,
There he stood waiting, nervous, uneasy,
I approached and understood his desire,
From his smile I knew that now was the hour,
For me to say the words too long withheld,
For me to grant the peace in which he dwelt,
For me to finally allow, what should come,
For me to finally do what need be done,
Looked upon his face, the father I’d known,
And he smiled, a smile where all his love shown,
After all this time, it is easy to say,
Those few little words so long kept at bay,
In the dream world I approached, we hugged close,
Held him and held him, too long I suppose,
When we parted I knew it was the last,
My wounds were all healed, pain all in the past,
As I looked in my Dad’s eyes one last time,
My “Goodbyes” could be said knowing that I’m,
Going to be okay, he let me see,
A reflection of him is who I’ll be,
As the dream faded, I rose to the dawn,
Finally accepting my Father was gone.

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