Today I Remembered You

I thought I saw you today
Rugged good looks
Same black jacket as you always carried yourself in so well
Even those same short worn cowboy boots that made you look so in style

I stretched my neck as far as I could see
For just one more glimpse
I watched as your face light up with a smile , that too was familiar
Same face, same eyes , same smile

I couldn’t hear what you were saying
But I know I could not take my eyes off you,
although I knew there was a risk someone would see me staring
I wondered if they would also see the longing in my eyes

I felt excited with the familiarity that accompanied this moment
Nothing more than this moment of remembrance and hope
wishful thinking and maybe even spirituality

Your skin dark
the same as it always was
with just a little too much of the summers sun
sun kissed just a few hours too long

Youth had not left you so long ago
The twinkle in your eyes exact
As your lips spoke more words I could not hear
I longed to get closer
I didn’t want to leave but I knew I could not stay

I watched a few more minutes as your body leaned forward

to whisper in your wife’s ear,
maybe it was your wife
That was not clear to me, I’m guessing

Everything about you screamed ”its him”
You were of the same age as me now
Inside my heart I knew there was no way
But I could just not stop looking, wishing

Maybe I just needed that moment with you
a long time has passed since I last saw your face
27 years now Dad …a lifetime ago
Time surely has a way of getting away from us

In no time I’m sure I will see you again
Not too soon I hope
Somehow I feel heaven touched me today
I remembered you and with this memory

I also remembered the love
and excitement I felt when I seen your face

No matter how much time a child has with a parent

they always love their parent

And if this lifetime does not satisfy that need .. the need lives on

Today I remembered you
And as that love was cut short in this life
I look forward to loving you longer in the next

Written by Corrina Leblond Sept. 27/2013

Happy Birthday Dad, thinking about you again today!