Dad.....25 Of May 2009 Poem by Kaila George

I was at home fast asleep on the couch

When I heard a beeping sound outside our house

It was my younger sister, in her four wheel drive

She waited long enough for me to get ready to go

By the time I hoped into the car...she told me

On the way to the hospital....Dad died

There was no one there that night

He had asked everyone to go home and sleep

He was fine, he was just tired...

so everyone went home that night

Early hours of the morning

The nurse had gone to see him

He was sitting at the window

Looking out, happy and content

She had asked...Are you ok Mr George

He had turned to her and smiled...

Yes nurse I am fine....I will go to sleep soon

He was found later on

Still sitting at the window, with a smile on his face

Dad had been sad since mum had passed

He cried every night, and always asked me every day

Wheres mum...every time I had to tell him she had passed

And ever time his eyes would water and he would cry

As I sat in the truck...I was numb...couldnt move

Those of us still in New Zealand, were there that night,

Each of use looking, as we passed into the family room

Where patients that had passed on were placed

For their family's to gather to grieve

All five sisters so far where there, each waiting to say goodbye

When it came to my turn I couldn't move, I couldn't cry

I moved when it was my turn, I stood there looking at him

He was smiling, as if to say, don't cry...I'm ok

Touching his forehead, I smiled, yes you are...love you dad

And kissed him on his forehead to say goodbye...

Each of my sisters all broke down and cried one by one

Tears were trickling down my cheeks but I refused to breakdown

I can hear them both saying, we're in a better place

Love you Dad...rest in peace.