Looking back: July 27th, 2009

all that's changed and all that remains
the reminders that surface every day
a reflection of worth as youth becomes more
what lies ahead?  what else is in store?

it's with confidence that i proceed
as a man with no recourse but to concede
to the passage of time that's brought it to this
trying not to focus on moments i missed

in this life we remember the time

and all the foot prints we left behind

it's safe to say that the journey was hard

but there were gifts along the way no one would discard

 

so as i grow older i'll try to be

as great a father as the one who raised me

to watch and teach the one that's my world
to always remind her she's my little girl

it won't be long before she can talk
and slams doors in my face and uses the lock
through angry days and those where we can't help but laugh
and the day she meets the one that's her other half

she'll one day look as i'm doing now
and wonder where time goes and how
she'll pause and reflect and hopefully know in turn
that the greatest moment looking back for me was her