It's been a year since I lost my Son
It's been so hard my very first one
There have been days I wanted to die
Nothing is right I still don't know why
At first when I found him I was in shock
Because I am a man I must be the rock
When they came to take his body away
I cried so hard that I began to sway
Things I seen I will never forget
But live a life full of regrets
For on that day the sight that I found
The look in his eyes as I laid him on the ground
It was as if he was talking to me
Goodbye Dad now I am free
Now a year is almost here
Still at times I shed a tear
The thoughts of him are always dear
My only wish is he would be here
This I know can never be
I feel so alone and so empty
On the outside and on my face
Can never show the empty space
In my heart though shattered and broke
My first thought that this was a joke
I wasn't prepared of what I was to find
Nor would I know the effect on my mind
So as the time approaches once more
I must go out that very same door
To stand beneath the place under the tree
Where God came to him and set him free
Author: Robert Walters Sr.
