Untimely Regrets
Regrets of a daughter
I regret never have
known him when I was a child
like the father he is today
I regret the drifting sands
Of time missing out
On so much opportunity
to embrace our relationship, our friendship
I regret not saying
The words I should have
As a daughter to a father
Saying “thank you”
just I love you dad for all you have given me
and the love you have shown
I regret now
there is little time left
before he knows me no more
I regret to say
Day by day another fragment
of time is lost into the black space in your mind
Never to be found, except in pictures
I regret not finding
the time to embrace
You
your laughter
your quirkiness
what is left
I regret just
Not saying I love you
So he knows
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