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.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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