If Only I Had Known Poem by Lesa MRK

All the years we had with you, Dad,
Wind down to the last day you were here,
The day you left our lives,
Bound for the gates of Heaven.

Never would I have known,
We wouldn't get to say good-bye.
Never would I have known,
These tears we would cry,
Tiny crystal teardrops,
On the face of a thousand tomorrows.

Never would I have known,
Those last words we had said,
Were just that - the VERY LAST.
And so soon, God would be calling you away -
Bound for Heaven, the gates open to receive...
My Dad.

Never again to hear your laughter;
A father's smile, a look of pride,
For me,
The one who is only the oldest daughter,
The one never to have known,
My dad would go away too soon;
Before seeing the little ones grow up,
Tiny twins who might forget;
Their grandpa's smile.

And if only I had known,
We would not get to see the summer,
Your birthday and mine,
A day forever shared;
The one six months to the day,
Of that fateful day we lost you-

Then I might have said,
'Dad, I'll always love you;
Thank you for being my father...'
And you would have known,
I was proud; extremely grateful to have been...
Your Daughter.

(In memory of my dad who was killed in an accident at his work on February 21,2007)