Flashes of my childhood hero
The one who was so strong
No matter what life threw at you
Nothing could go wrong
Ageing made me join a crowd
The time we spent was less
I became too busy for you
That I must confess
The little games we used to play
I outgrew them with denial
“I’ll see you later, I’m out with friends”
Our gap grew a mile
My weekends became so vital
Deciding what to wear
“What time will you be back tonight”
You know I didn’t care
I shed my skin and grew some wings
Lived my life so true
I’d call you when “I had the time”
Or when I thought of you
Christmas became the time we met
Or maybe when someone died
We’d ask how things were in life
Our genuine love hid with pride
You, the one who gave me life
Slowed down
My weekends became less routine
No longer the party crown
Work took over everything
I’d have a drink or two
Answer all the social media
Remind me to call you
I finally learned to settle down
No more a rat in the race
Hair turned grey more each year
Lines adorned my face
Like you, I became a parent
I held my child in my arms
Swore eternal love for them
Keep them safe from harm
The years they passed so quickly
No more little games we shared
They were too busy with their friends
I thought they no longer cared
I always said I loved you
Yet I heard “Yeah that is ok”
Can’t you say it back to me?
At least one time I will say
Then it struck me
I did the same before
I had become the version
Of the one I did ignore
Time moves on so quickly
Faces become waves
Memories become bar tales
Names etched into graves
For the time is what we lose in life
Survival is first
We live inside a ball of hope
Shattered with a fist
I stare into your name
Etched upon your grave
A heart full of regret
My mind an empty cave
Turning to my child
They ask who is this
I tales of a hero
Who loved me with such bliss
We leave hand in hand
Tighter than I held yours
I’m sorry for that, I truly am
I’ve made peace with my wars
You laid the foundations
As I now build those again
Our names won’t be forgotten
No more future pain
Like your parents loved you
Just like you love me
Our legacy smiles from up above
For all eternity
