Stephanie Dawn
It's only been 3 days
Could be half a million
I'd still feel this almighty pain
At 23 we had so much more to say
We had the time right? yeah, sure we did
we had forever and a day
I grew a little older and tried to stay in stride
all the while you kept running, running all the way
We had our differences, yet oddly quite the same
we were passionate and creative
and I could pen a tale, but you could ink a world
I watched you paint pictures, using careful words
about fleeting hopes and dreams
trapped in prisons of lonliness and pain
I only wanted you to be happy
and I know you tried your very best
I saw all your efforts, rolling down your little face
I wanted you to walk a steady pace
but you moved like a roller coaster
and you rode that wave, like I've never seen another
You so young and so many missions
And no one ever taught me how to be a Dad
Lord knows I made my share of bad decisions
You know how much I hated rainy days,
But somehow it was fitting the day after you left us
The skies poured 'So Many Tears'
As if the Angels knew Heaven made a big mistake
We needed you forever, you were not their's to take
I remember how at 12 years old
they called my little girl 'Caesar', like a 4 foot 11 inch Roman Emperor
I remember how I rolled my eyes and shook my head when first I heard it
but I had to smirk as I looked the other way
Daddy's little girl was a leader, I wonder how she got that way
With those sparking blue eyes, and that contagious little giggle
that bright and shinning smile, and for a tiny child
Man, did you have style...
Love You Steph
Dad